<?php // this just adds a bunch of meaningless tasks, for testing purposees // // in a real world, you will have additional fields in your table // like 'job_name' and 'job_data' $db = new mysqli(); if (!$db->real_connect('10.211.55.6', 'jobd', 'password', 'jobd')) die('Failed to connect.'); $target = 'server3'; $slots = ['low', 'normal', 'high']; for ($i = 0; $i < 100; $i++) { $slot = $slots[array_rand($slots)]; $time = time(); if (!$db->query("INSERT INTO jobs (target, slot, time_created, status) VALUES ('$target', '$slot', $time, 'waiting')")) echo "{$db->error}\n"; } $db->close();