Re: php - set interval

From: Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 02:21:19 +0000
Subject: Re: php - set interval
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On Sun, April 3, 2005 7:10 pm, Andrew said: > i've been searching for a 'setInterval' function in php and haven't had > much luck. http://php.net/sleep is kinda sort not like what you want. A cron job might be what you want, depending on if you classify cron as "complicated server stuff" or not. I sure don't, but I've written a zillion cron jobs over the years. > 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 As noted, you really *SHOULD* just queue up the emails for a GOOD mail program to send out later, and not try to micro-manage this in PHP, unless you're just doing this to learn PHP and try to understand how mail works. -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm

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