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there are also a whole bunch of smtp classes
available for php, which are a great deal faster than the inbuilt mail()
function - it might be worth trawling around having a look for one.
or.. a longer winded method - but quite reliable
- is, if the addresses are stored in a database of somesort - fill a temporary
table with those addresses, and each time the mail is sent, remove the row from
the temporary table. that way, you can get the script to call itself after n
rows until the table is empty - and you won't get timeout errors.
m
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [kDev] PHP gurus: quick fix
coding question...
@set_time_limit (0);
@ignore_user_abort(true);
The
script will not timeout (except in some cases where the script
runs
overnight - then it stops at midnight for some
reason...)
On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 09:53, Daniel Harris
wrote:
> WARNING: This email is intended for PHP coders only...
>
> 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
>
>
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