php: refreshing script without browser
<p>I know that this can be done with a cron tab, but I was wondering if there was any way to refresh a php script at a certain interval, say one second, without using a browser/javaScript. </p>

<p>I have a device that outputs data constantly and I need a php script that can run independent for a browser to load that data into a database should it change.</p>

<p>My server is a Linux box and it houses a lot of different development projects so I just have access to one partition of it.</p>

<p>The device is actually using a node and python to pull the data and I cam creating a web interface and a logging system for a charting interface I am creating.  So it needs to pullt he data at a consistent interval for charting the data I am storing. </p>

<p>Thank you all for your fatnastic responses and giving me a lot to work from here. I will look into the solutions offered and see if I can be more specific in my request.</p>
