Hi Tiaho,
Cron is probably the next step, but I first wanted to get this
running. I'll look at the time stamp option.
Thanks,
Mark
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On Sep 6, 2007, at 1:50 AM, Tiago Relvão wrote:
> I believe it might have something to do with your browser caching ajax
> request. Try changing the url adding a timestamp, or/and setting of
> the
> cache using php headers.
>
> What about using cron, or any other scheduler to call the script on a
> specific time rate? It would only send e-mails if your database has
> anything
> pending.
>
> Tiago
>
> On 9/6/07, Mark Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've an interesting problem here. Here's the scenario. This script is
>> sending emails for our company newsletter. It used to run the script
>> once, but now I need to call the script multiple times and send out
>> batches of emails. This is because I need to slow down the rate at
>> which the emails are going out. I've got that working nicely, but
>> here's the problem. If I call the script by itself, it reloads over
>> and over fine until all emails have been sent. But, because I am
>> wanting the script to work in the background, and not have to have
>> the browser window open during the sending, I load another page after
>> about two seconds of time has passed to monitor the progress via ajax
>> and mysql. The problem is when I do that, the script that sends the
>> mail will not reload. I was under the impression that it would keep
>> reloading in the background until I said stop, but that is not
>> happening. I am using the header('Location: .....') to reload the
>> page. Is there another way to reload the page until it's done running
>> the times I need it to run? Should I not use the header() call but
>> something else?
>>
>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
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