Does SSH2 PHP extension (for creating CRON jobs) work on Windows as well?

Question

I want to follow this tutorial to learn about creating CRON jobs in PHP.

Two things:

1. I am working on a Windows Machine. But the tutorial says,

   The cronTab, or "Cron Table", is a Linux system process / daemon which facilitates the scheduling of repetitive tasks thereby easing up our day to day routine.

   So does this mean that it will Not work on Windows machines?

2. I have read that SSH2 is only available for PHP versions which are older than PHP 7.0.

   I currently have PHP 7.0 So the question is that should I downgrade my PHP (that is uninstall this version and install PHP 5.6) to use this extension.

My ultimate purpose to create a CRON job to keep monitoring a directory for the presence of a certain type of files. When a file is found, it is opened and useful data is extracted from it and loaded into the database.

Answer 1

1. cron is the Linux scheduled task. Windows has Task Scheduler you can use instead, to run your scripts on a schedule
2. SSH2 is a PECL extension. You'll note there is a precompiled DLL for Windows listed. Be sure to install 1.0

   ssh2 1.0 and above is PHP 7 only