mysql - execute this function everyday in php and codeigniter with Xampp -

i want execute function everyday. using xampp development , testing codeigniter framework uses php , mysql.

this code works fine populate database table current day want automatically an event not trigger

people told me use cron don't know how create files , put them since using windows hosting

function create_users_records(){     //get user's ids , number      $this->db->select('id');     $query = $this->db->get('users');       $number_of_employees = $query->num_rows();         echo "number of employees is: ".$number_of_employees."<br>";            ($i = 0; $i < $number_of_employees; $i++) {                  $row = $query->row($i);                  echo $row->id ."<br>";                     //date , time                  $time = time();                    //date format                  $datestring = "%y-%m-%d";                    $data = array(                 'attendence_date_daily' => mdate($datestring, $time),                 'check_in_time' => null,                 'check_out_time' => null,                 'attendence_status' => null,                 'employee_comment' =>null,                 'deducted_today' => 0,                 'user_id' => $row->id                 );                    $this->db->insert('daily_attendence_record', $data);           }  }       

i creating attendance system , required create daily records users @ midnight can check in/out before time , record vacations , absences.

if you're using windows hosting set scheduled task on server rather using cron.

put above function controller somewhere , make can invoke via url. can use routing.php in config map http://example.com/update function.

try out solution outlined here, should need schedule task.