cron.php - What does it do on page load?

[josh_krz]

Originally Posted by kh99

cron.php runs your scheduled tasks, so what it does on a given page load and how long it takes will vary depending on what's running. It's done by putting a fake image at the bottom of the page, so I don't think it should affect what the user sees, as far as page load time. Also, on a busy forum it probably won't be doing anything most of the time.

So would you say it isn't safe to delete it? See I thought scheduled tasks run server side at given intervals?

The 400ms would make my forums a lot faster.