Re: Problem with mail function

Hi, Faye. There's a parm in the configuration file (php.ini) cleverly called "max_execution_time". Its default setting is 30. There's also a "set_time_limit()" function that allows massaging this variable. Does this help? On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: > Don't know anything about ole 30 second timeout... what does it do? > > I checked out phpbuilder, and tried the sleep function after each loop > iteration (didn't seem to work), so now am trying to send out the headlines > in groups of 50... > > Sounds like others have the same problem. mail() is a php weakness??? > > -- > Faye Keesic > Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design > > >> From: ted@php.net > >> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:51:54 -0800 (PST) > >> To: Faye Keesic <fkeesic@fortfrances.com> > >> Cc: php-db@lists.php.net > >> Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function > >> > >> Is it the ole 30-second timeout thang? Changeable in php.ini? > >> > >> On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: > >> > >>> Hi there... > >>> > >>> I have a problem mailing out approx. 180 emails (no attachments) using the > >>> mail() php function. I loop through the email table once, sending the email > >>> to everyone in the list. > >>> > >>> The problem is that my page seems to time out when I send the emails, and it > >>> refreshes itself. So if I don't manually stop the browser after say, 10 > >>> seconds, the recipients in the email table get the email more than one time. > >>> > >>> Maybe I shouldn't be trying to send that many emails at a time. I am on > >>> apache using mysql and php... > >>> -- > >>> Faye Keesic > >>> Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > >>> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >>> > >>> > > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >