Re: Can php do this?

I've followed this with interest, but unless you specifically need some properties of PHP to do this, use an easier tool. Python has modules for both MySQL and PHP. They are easily invoked and don't involve calling Lynx & feeding it the script. Here's some code, you might want to think about it as an alternative. I hope the indents preserve, as Python reliese on indentation and a <CR> ends it's line. Miles Thompson #! /usr/bin/python "Mails Passwords from sub_list, a MySQL database " import sys, MySQLdb, traceback import rfc822, string, sys import smtplib # MySQLdb allows connection to the MySQL database # This connects to the database, all parameters must be explicitly named try: db = MySQLdb.connect( db='sub_list' ) except: traceback.print_exc() sys.exit() # create connection to the database object try: pcursor = db.cursor() except: traceback.print_exc() sys.exit() #let's display some information print db.get_host_info() print db.stat() #let's fetch our data, mailing to everyone who has not been emailed a password try:

        pcursor.execute("select * from subscriber where lpasswd_mailed = 0 and email !='';")
        resultset = pcursor.fetchall()

except:

        traceback.print_exc()
        sys.exit()

#let's build the message fromaddr = 'mail@urlname.com' toaddr = 'cqagroup@canoemail.com' username = "" password = "" msgFirstPart = "Thanks for subscribing. Passwords have been\n\ updated as part of our security schedule to protect your subscription. \n\ Your name and new password are: \n\n" msgEndPart = "Please contact us at (555) 555-5555 or 555-5556 for help with your subscription, \n\ or email us at mail@urlname.com.\n\ \n\ Best regards, \n\ John Doe" # we've gotten this far, so let's open the SMTP connection server = smtplib.SMTP('smtp.domain.com',25) server.set_debuglevel(2) # for each record in the cursor # set toaddr, username and password # then send the message # here in the for loop we send the mail message .... #server.sendmail( fromaddr, toaddr, msg, "Subject: Your new password" )[D for cursorRecord in resultset:

        toaddr = cursorRecord[ 3 ]
        first_name = "   First name: " + cursorRecord[ 2 ] + "\n"
        last_name = "   Last name: " + cursorRecord[ 1 ] + "\n"
        password = "   Password : " + cursorRecord[ 4 ] + "\n\n"
        msgMail = msgFirstPart + first_name + last_name + password + msgEndPart
        print msgMail
        server.sendmail( fromaddr, toaddr, msgMail, "Subject: Password for ALLnovascotia.com" )

        # build the update query
        upd_query = "update subscriber set lpasswd_mailed = 1 where email ='" + cursorRecord[ 3 ] + "';"
        try:
                #pcursor.execute( "update subscriber set lpasswd_mailed = 1 where email = c_email;")
                pcursor.execute( upd_query )
        except:
                traceback.print_exc()
                sys.exit()

print "\n\n" print "All records printed" #close the smpt connection #server.quit() # close the database try: db.close() except: traceback.print_exc() sys.exit() # All done print "*"*30 print "" print "mailpass.py completed" print "" print "*"*30 At 02:58 AM 11/25/2001 -0500, you wrote:

Thanks guys I just want to confirm one last thing, as it's been a while since I needed cron After I create this file (cron.file) for ex and use crontab cronfile (I do this as root, if it matters) do permissions need to be set? I really can't recall I would think that would do it as I am not uploading it and do it as root Thanks for the help, GREAT help and it's appreciated Now I just need to get freetype 2 installed right on my raq 3 and I can live like a king Joel