implement timers in CodeIgniter

[mwenyenia07]

i have created an application which is supposed to check database after every 20 minutes to get some new data and respond accordingly. how do i implement this regular checks ?

[paulrajj]

You need to implement a cron job in codeigniter. You can get Cron job bootstrapper file to work with cron in codeigniter. A simple example of below link will help you,

Simple Cron job with Codeigniter

[mwenyenia07]

but if the system is running on windows server 2003,how can you create such cron jobs ?

[paulrajj]

You can configure using schedule tasks in windows machines. The below links show you some examples of how you can configure cron in windows machines.
Configuring cron jobs on Windows
Bash shell for windows
Windows cron jobs using schedule tasks