I am making an auction site that has an automatic bidding system. This system allows people to make applications without being there.
My question is how to implement such a system. I made php files, and everything is ready, I created an html page that is updated every second. This works, but I wonder if there is a better solution.
The second option I tried is to create a Java application that opens a web page every second. This consumes a lot of memory / processor. Also, I think there is a memory leak somewhere.
I am running this application on a dedicated Linux server using centOS and Plesk, so I am sure there are many alternatives.
For example:
A cronjob that runs a php file every minute, where the php file loops for a minute with sleep.
One php file that loops with 1 second sleep.
One cronjob that executes and schedules another cronjob in a second.
MySQL is a scheduler, but I don’t know how to implement this, and I heard that it blocks db for other records.
I also heard about cli, perl, python scripts, but I am not familiar with any of them.
Please, someone who knows about these options will shed light on this subject. I am looking for a solution that is best suited in terms of speed and memory usage.
If anyone has another alternative solution, I would be happy to hear that as well.
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