I have a script that does an update function live. I would move it to a cron job, but due to some limitations I'd much rather have it live and called when the page loads.
The issue is that when there is a lot of traffic, it doesn't quite work, because it's using some random and weighted numbers, so if it's hit a bunch of times, the results aren't what we want.
So, question is. Is there a way to tell how many times a particular script is being accessed? And limit it to only once at a time?
Thank you!