Re: Odd problem using sendmail - possibly to do with set_time_limit?

"Alexis Birkill" <csvax@warwick.ac.uk> wrote in message news:3C8407C5.1080105@warwick.ac.uk... > Hi, > > I'm trying to track down an odd problem in a script I'm writing, the > purpose of which is below: > <snippage> > > The PHP can be found below - I'm already resetting the set_time_limit on > each loop execution, so as I understand it the script should happily run > for as long as necessary. We do not have access to configure the PHP > installation on the server (running 4.1.2) > > Code follows - I hasten to add that this appears to work admirably on > small lists. After reviewing your code, I was wondering if there was a reason you aren't using PHP's built-in mail() function, rather that using popen() and a series of fputs(), which seems rather expensive, especially inside of a loop. Also, you only need to use set_time_limit() once, outside of your loop-- pass 0 as the parameter, which basically turns off the timeout. Here's how I would code this: $counter = 0; set_time_limit(0); if ( $fp = fopen($list, 'r') ) { while ( $address = fgets($fp, 255) ) { mail( $address, $subject, "header goes here\n$body\nfoot goes here\n", "From: Sender <sender@domain.com>\n" ); $counter++; } fclose( $fp ); print("Message successfully sent to $counter recipients from the $list"); } Hope this helps. -- Jon Abernathy - jon@alpineinternet.com Alpine Internet Solutions - www.alpineinternet.com