How can PHP scripts be scheduled to run at regular intervals, such as every 10 minutes, to download external files?

To schedule PHP scripts to run at regular intervals, such as every 10 minutes, to download external files, you can use a task scheduler like Cron Jobs on Unix-based systems or Task Scheduler on Windows. You can create a PHP script that downloads the external files using functions like file_get_contents() or cURL, and then schedule this script to run at the desired intervals using the task scheduler. 

<?php
// PHP script to download external files
$url = 'https://www.example.com/file-to-download.txt';
$file = 'downloaded_file.txt';

$data = file_get_contents($url);
file_put_contents($file, $data);

echo 'File downloaded successfully!';
?>

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PHP cron job scheduling external files download

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