UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi everyone, I am all new to this and I might not know what I am asking about

I have access to a cPanel with cron tab scheduler. I know nothing re scripting creating php etc..

I own a ftp mainly for own email address, some storage, and a forum (ready-made one :P )

I have some knowledge and I learn fast (i think).

Right, what I would like is downloading an image from a website every 24 hours, give it a name with a date and time, plus put it in a php file so I can can see say 100 or 200 images, next to each other.

I've read something about cron, but I think I started from the middle

I will be grateful for your help guys. I believe it seems easy task, but not for me :/

There is an outline here of what you are trying to achieve:
PHP Save Images Using cURL | Edmonds Commerce Blog
We have always used the function file() for this and had to program some post-processing ourselves later.

Hope this helps

Hi, thanks for the reply, but how do I apply it. Does it work with cron? More detail would be much appreciated.

Yes, scripts should work with cron, or actually the other way around: cron invokes the script which then creates the result. There are plenty of resources on the use of cron here, so if you establish that your script works for a one-time download, you add it to the cron to have the image downloaded periodically.

Thanks for your reply again, but like I said my knowledge in this subject is very limited or close to zero lol. I don't even know where to start with your script

It is best if you start experimenting with cron jobs and the cron tab. Once you master that it is much easier to disentangle bugs of cron invoked scripts.
After learning cron, you can program your script and it shouldn't be very difficult to do given the many examples on the web. For instance you can start by first downloading a textfile from the web and then move to images that are stored with a certain naming convention. Sorry I cant be of much more help.