Check database value cron/php and change if true

change database value with cron php

[zorro]

Is it possible to check a mysql database value once a day with a cron job and using php change it if true?

Basically when someone enters an item into the database it is assigned a 'type' value of '1' (items are usually listed for 12 months).
The user of the item may make it 'Featured' at any time for 1 month or 3 months, which assigns it a 'type' value of '2'.

Once the 1 or 3 month 'Featured' is over I want to convert the 'type' value back to 1 in the database but at the moment it is staying at '2'.

I would like to run a cron job - once a day to check that if the 'Featured date end' is less than today - change 'type' value back to '1'.

Would I get the cron job to run some kind of php script to change the value?
Any help appreciated!

[rocknbil]

Well, I'd do it in perl, but yeah, you should be able to set up a daily cron for that. :-)

First disable your 12 month ones.

Basically when someone enters an item into the database it is assigned a 'type' value of '1' (items are usually listed for 12 months).

update table set type=0 where approved=1 and date_add(posted_date, interval 12 month) <= curdate();

in the same script, now run the second command.

I would like to run a cron job - once a day to check that if the 'Featured date end' is less than today - change 'type' value back to '1'.

update table set type=1 where approved=1 and featured_date_end <= curdate();

[Frank_Rizzo]

Even easier would be a cron job running a mysql script:

#dailyupdate.sh
mysql --user=yourdatabaseuser --password=yourpassword <dailyupdate.sql

create dailyupdate.sql from rocknbill's example above.

#dailyupdate.sql
update table set type=1 where approved=1 and featured_date_end <= curdate();

Now set up a cron job to run dailyupdate.sh just before / after midnight or so.

[zorro]

cheers guys