Invoking a PHP script from a MySQL trigger

Question

Is there any way how to invoke a PHP page / function when a record is inserted to a MySQL database table? We don\'t have control over the record insertion procedure. Is ther

Answer 1

If you have transaction logs in you MySQL, you can create a trigger for purpose of a log instance creation. A cronjob could monitor this log and based on events created by your trigger it could invoke a php script. That is if you absolutely have no control over you insertion.