Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
Do the currencies your site deals with actually change that frequently with a variance that's so drastic it requires real-time updating? Most of the time it's pretty safe to update it once a week manually, according to markets and your own needs.


And ... a hosting company that wants to charge $55 to set up a cron job ... is ripping you off. There are many hosting companies out there that let you do that yourself from within your hosting control panel for no extra charge. The Certified Hosts list at the top of this page shows a few such companies. If you are considering one of them, be sure to ask them about your specific question when doing your research before signing up.

Hi Drbyte.

Normally once a week would be ok, but the world is in panic mode at the moment. The Australian dollar has dropped from 85c US to around 60c in the past month and its jumping all over the place. I can manually do it once a day, but the weekends I'm away from the office.

My host, is fairly cheap and reliable. Despite them trying to gouge me this time I'm pretty pleased with them. But having briefly researched cron jobs before hand it didn't seem right to charge $55 for what seems to be a simple matter.