Need help with crons

[higgsy789]

Can somebody help me please i want to set up some crons on my site but i dont have a clue how to do it i know it sounds like i shouldnt even be on here if i dont know what im doing but u gotta start somewhere

 

[Adam01]

It depends what you want to do.
I use one for my forums (active users), it runs a php file every five minutes.
When someone does something on a forum, its updates the database and sets them as active. The php file which the cron runs sets all users to be inactive.

You need to know unix/linux code when you use cron's.
Google some example code or tutorials on it.

 

[MasterMax1313]

there's a couple of tutorials on the forums on cron jobs, one that I saw was pretty good and explains it pretty well.