Re: php - set interval

None of this makes any sense. PHP is a server-side request-based language. If you want to put a delay in between things on a request, call sleep(), but it is still just a single request which is going to take a finite amount of time to run. The correct way to send a bunch of emails is to queue them in your MTA and have your MTA do efficient grouping and delivery of the messages. Use the right tool for the job. -Rasmus Andrew wrote:

hello, i've been searching for a 'setInterval' function in php and haven't had much luck. in actionscript (which is similar to php) you can make a function which calls another function at a set interval, and i was keen to do this with php for a mail script so that rather than sending 500 emails at once, i can send 10 emails every 10 seconds etc. i'm currently thinking i'll have to use flash to make the interval, but would rather keep it all in php. basically what i want to do is this. function SendMail($howManyToSend, $fromWhatIndex){

    // gets the number of email addresses ($howManyToSend)
    // from the database, starting at index $fromWhatIndex
    // then sends them
        if(all emails sent, no more emails in DB){
        return 'finished';
    }else{
        return 'keep them coming';       }

} function IntervalCalled (){

        // increment currentIndex
    $currentIndex = $currentIndex + 10;

    $howDidWeGo = SendMail(10, $currentIndex);

    if($howDidWeGo == "finished"){
        // FLASH CLEARINTERVAL COMMAND
        clearInterval($makeEmailsInterval);
    }

} // THIS IS HOW I WOULD CALL THE INTERVAL IN FLASH // (for every 10 seconds) $makeEmailsInterval = setInterval(IntervalCalled, 10000); so is this possible with PHP by using functions? anything involving complicated server stuff means i may as well setup flash to call the interval instead of PHP many thanks andrew