Re: [kDev] PHP gurus: quick fix coding question...

["Dave Cridland [Home]" <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 09:53, Daniel Harris wrote:
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> 
> This question is about how to run PHP code without having to call a web  
> page whilst passing it arguments like a perl cgi script.
> 
> When I send out the newsletter I currently use zspamall.php. It allows  
> me to select a group of Kendra Participants and then cycles through  
> them sending a personalised email to each. But as the list of  
> participants grows so does the risk of a page timeout. It seems like  
> it's the sending-of-the-email that introduces a sizeable delay. I need  
> a quick and dirty fix. See:
> 
> http://www.kendra.org.uk/develop- 
> code.php?page=%2Fzspamall.php&dowhat=Show+Source
> 
> All I want to do is replace the line:
> 
> mail($email,$subject,$message,"From: kendraNews <k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>");
> 
> with a call to a script.
> 
> Oh, no, just thought... Will zspamall.php wait for a return from the  
> cgi script? In which case nothing will be gained and we'll need to put  
> the whole loop into the cgi script.
> 
> Ideas anyone? Code anyone?
> 
> Cheers Daniel
> 

You need to write a wrapper, which does a fork/exec/setsid, dissociating
from the parent process entirely. I've run into this minor problem
before, it's a pain.

I can knock one together for you if you like, but I'd essentially have
to do it by porting the zspamall.php script to Perl or something - I
don't think PHP has this kind of support in it.

Dave.