RE: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function
also - rather than change the ini file, you can just put ?php set_time_limit(43200); ? which gives the script 12 hours to run (or however you think you need) i have a simple script for mailing out bulk mail done in php - it has successfully worked on 700 emails so far - so it works :) -b // -Original Message- // From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] // Sent: Tuesday, 15 January 2002 1:52 AM // To: Faye Keesic // Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function // // // Is it the ole 30-second timeout thang? Changeable in php.ini? // // On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: // // Hi there... // // I have a problem mailing out approx. 180 emails (no // attachments) using the // mail() php function. I loop through the email table once, // sending the email // to everyone in the list. // // The problem is that my page seems to time out when I send // the emails, and it // refreshes itself. So if I don't manually stop the browser // after say, 10 // seconds, the recipients in the email table get the email // more than one time. // // Maybe I shouldn't be trying to send that many emails at a // time. I am on // apache using mysql and php... // -- // Faye Keesic // Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design // // // -- // PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) // To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // To contact the list administrators, e-mail: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // // // // // -- // PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) // To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] // To contact the list administrators, e-mail: // [EMAIL PROTECTED] // -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function
Hi Faye Maybe I shouldn't be trying to send that many emails at a time. I am on apache using mysql and php... -- put the line set_time_limit(0); at the top of your PHP script Regards Jon -- Jon Farmer Systems Programmer, Entanet www.enta.net Tel 01952 428969 Mob 07763 620378 PGP Key available, send email with subject: Send PGP Key -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function
Nope - haven't figured it out, even after sending 50 at a time, and pausing the script for 30 seconds. The page would refresh and do everything over and over and overuntil manually stopped in the browser. I will try that set_time_limit(0); tomorrow. Have had to work on other stuff today. Another option i might implement is utilizing a mailing list manager, such as Majordomo or something. Thanks for all your help, the open source community is the best. -- Faye Keesic Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 14:57:21 -0800 (PST) To: Faye Keesic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function How's it going? Haven't heard from you, so I assume that you've solved the problem. Ted -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function
Don't know anything about ole 30 second timeout... what does it do? I checked out phpbuilder, and tried the sleep function after each loop iteration (didn't seem to work), so now am trying to send out the headlines in groups of 50... Sounds like others have the same problem. mail() is a php weakness??? -- Faye Keesic Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:51:54 -0800 (PST) To: Faye Keesic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function Is it the ole 30-second timeout thang? Changeable in php.ini? On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: Hi there... I have a problem mailing out approx. 180 emails (no attachments) using the mail() php function. I loop through the email table once, sending the email to everyone in the list. The problem is that my page seems to time out when I send the emails, and it refreshes itself. So if I don't manually stop the browser after say, 10 seconds, the recipients in the email table get the email more than one time. Maybe I shouldn't be trying to send that many emails at a time. I am on apache using mysql and php... -- Faye Keesic Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function
Hi, Faye. There's a parm in the configuration file (php.ini) cleverly called max_execution_time. Its default setting is 30. There's also a set_time_limit() function that allows massaging this variable. Does this help? On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: Don't know anything about ole 30 second timeout... what does it do? I checked out phpbuilder, and tried the sleep function after each loop iteration (didn't seem to work), so now am trying to send out the headlines in groups of 50... Sounds like others have the same problem. mail() is a php weakness??? -- Faye Keesic Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:51:54 -0800 (PST) To: Faye Keesic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function Is it the ole 30-second timeout thang? Changeable in php.ini? On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: Hi there... I have a problem mailing out approx. 180 emails (no attachments) using the mail() php function. I loop through the email table once, sending the email to everyone in the list. The problem is that my page seems to time out when I send the emails, and it refreshes itself. So if I don't manually stop the browser after say, 10 seconds, the recipients in the email table get the email more than one time. Maybe I shouldn't be trying to send that many emails at a time. I am on apache using mysql and php... -- Faye Keesic Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function
Is there a solution to this if you do not have edit access to the php.ini file? [ie. a shared server] I found this function that seems to be a solution. What would the proper use be? ignore_user_abort(TRUE); ??? http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ignore-user-abort.php http://www.phpbuilder.com/tips/item.php?id=125 olinux --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Faye. There's a parm in the configuration file (php.ini) cleverly called max_execution_time. Its default setting is 30. There's also a set_time_limit() function that allows massaging this variable. Does this help? On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: Don't know anything about ole 30 second timeout... what does it do? I checked out phpbuilder, and tried the sleep function after each loop iteration (didn't seem to work), so now am trying to send out the headlines in groups of 50... Sounds like others have the same problem. mail() is a php weakness??? -- Faye Keesic Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 09:51:54 -0800 (PST) To: Faye Keesic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function Is it the ole 30-second timeout thang? Changeable in php.ini? On Mon, 14 Jan 2002, Faye Keesic wrote: Hi there... I have a problem mailing out approx. 180 emails (no attachments) using the mail() php function. I loop through the email table once, sending the email to everyone in the list. The problem is that my page seems to time out when I send the emails, and it refreshes itself. So if I don't manually stop the browser after say, 10 seconds, the recipients in the email table get the email more than one time. Maybe I shouldn't be trying to send that many emails at a time. I am on apache using mysql and php... -- Faye Keesic Computer Programmer Analyst/Web Page Design -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP-DB] Problem with mail function
On Tuesday 15 January 2002 10:53, olinux wrote: Is there a solution to this if you do not have edit access to the php.ini file? [ie. a shared server] A number of the settings in php.ini can be set/altered from within your script. Check out ini_set() and friends. -- Jason Wong - Gremlins Associates - www.gremlins.com.hk /* Let us live!!! Let us love!!! Let us share the deepest secrets of our souls!!! You first. */ -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
