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

I don't know if it's possible but I always pictured myself being able to do this with the CSV storage engine in MySQL. I don't know the details of this engine: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/csv-storage-engine.html but you can look into it and have a file watcher in your operating system that triggers a PHP call if the file is modified.