can I put a SQL query on PHPMyadmin to implement automatically? - sql

Question

In my website I have some value's field that must change depending on the change in another value's field, so i want them update automatically
for example: update the status of all students that haven't any courses by query:
UPDATE `students`
SET `completed` = IF( `remainCourses` = 0 is true, 1, `completed`);
Maybe someone is wondering why I do not put them in the pages of the site within the php code? Because I need these values on several pages and should be updated, it's difficult to make a query in each page so i wonder if can I put a SQL query on PHPMyadmin to implement automatically? which will make it easier

Answer 1

You can use MySql's Event Scheduler
You first need to configure it
SET GLOBAL event_scheduler = ON;
then
CREATE EVENT myevent
ON SCHEDULE AT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP + INTERVAL 1 HOUR
DO
UPDATE myschema.mytable SET mycol = mycol + 1;
Reference
you can also use commandline/shell to execute your script
mysql -h "server-name" -u "root" "-pXXXXXXXX" "database-name" < "filename.sql"
if you are on Windows, you can use TaskScheduler to schedule your script
if you are on Linux, you can use crontab to schedule your script
Edit: OP reported that he is using cPanel
You can schedule your jobs using cPanel, Read this