[PHP] Re: How retrieve database data from email?
How and where can I add an alias and associate PHP with that alias? Elias Bogdan Stancescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... You can set up php to run from console if it doesn't already, and add an alias to your mail server (stocks) which would parse the incoming mail and do the appropriate deeds. Bogdan M wrote: Hello People: I have my pages built in PHP / Mysql, all working ok, but now I need solve a problem I don't know how to solve or even how search about. Case this problem was already discussed in this list, I would be grateful if someone pass to me correct date so I can search about. My problem is very simple: I have customers who dont want enter into html pages to retrieve some info (suppose info are stock values), but rather they want to send email with formatted query into mail subject (or at least in body) , and then receive response again by email. For instance, customer could send this for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: name=ibm, year=2001 body: (empty) In response, he should receive an email with all IBM stock prices day by day. That't all, I hope this will have solution, but I can't figure how email could communicate automatically with PHP/Mysql. Thanks Miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: How retrieve database data from email?
I'm not very proficient with e-mail configuration, so if someone finds I'm saying something wrong, don't think twice before correcting it. AFAIK, you can create an alias typically in /etc/aliases - or /etc/sendmail/aliases, as I've heard for newer versions of sendmail. In any case, the file has to be there already because that's where you have the root/webmaster/postmaster aliases defined. Add a line reading stocks: | /usr/bin/php /path/to/your/script.php I'm not sure if sendmail should be restarted after this, so you'd better do it just to make sure. You'll obviously need root access to do these. After this point, you don't anymore. In /path/to/your/script.php, you'll receive the whole e-mail message from standard input, so you'll have to check out those functions here http://www.php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.php Then all you have to do is parse the incoming mail message - I'm sure you'll be able to google out plenty of functions/classes to do that - drop me an e-mail if you don't find any and I'll send you mine. Bogdan Lallous wrote: How and where can I add an alias and associate PHP with that alias? Elias Bogdan Stancescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... You can set up php to run from console if it doesn't already, and add an alias to your mail server (stocks) which would parse the incoming mail and do the appropriate deeds. Bogdan M wrote: Hello People: I have my pages built in PHP / Mysql, all working ok, but now I need solve a problem I don't know how to solve or even how search about. Case this problem was already discussed in this list, I would be grateful if someone pass to me correct date so I can search about. My problem is very simple: I have customers who dont want enter into html pages to retrieve some info (suppose info are stock values), but rather they want to send email with formatted query into mail subject (or at least in body) , and then receive response again by email. For instance, customer could send this for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: name=ibm, year=2001 body: (empty) In response, he should receive an email with all IBM stock prices day by day. That't all, I hope this will have solution, but I can't figure how email could communicate automatically with PHP/Mysql. Thanks Miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: How retrieve database data from email?
Bogdan Stancescu wrote: Add a line reading stocks: | /usr/bin/php /path/to/your/script.php Sorry, it should be stocks: | /usr/bin/php /path/to/your/script.php Also, first make sure php works from command line and check its location. Bogdan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: How retrieve database data from email?
You can set up php to run from console if it doesn't already, and add an alias to your mail server (stocks) which would parse the incoming mail and do the appropriate deeds. Bogdan M wrote: Hello People: I have my pages built in PHP / Mysql, all working ok, but now I need solve a problem I don't know how to solve or even how search about. Case this problem was already discussed in this list, I would be grateful if someone pass to me correct date so I can search about. My problem is very simple: I have customers who dont want enter into html pages to retrieve some info (suppose info are stock values), but rather they want to send email with formatted query into mail subject (or at least in body) , and then receive response again by email. For instance, customer could send this for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: name=ibm, year=2001 body: (empty) In response, he should receive an email with all IBM stock prices day by day. That't all, I hope this will have solution, but I can't figure how email could communicate automatically with PHP/Mysql. Thanks Miguel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: How retrieve database data from email?
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... Hello People: I have my pages built in PHP / Mysql, all working ok, but now I need solve a problem I don't know how to solve or even how search about. Case this problem was already discussed in this list, I would be grateful if someone pass to me correct date so I can search about. My problem is very simple: I have customers who dont want enter into html pages to retrieve some info (suppose info are stock values), but rather they want to send email with formatted query into mail subject (or at least in body) , and then receive response again by email. For instance, customer could send this for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subject: name=ibm, year=2001 body: (empty) In response, he should receive an email with all IBM stock prices day by day. That't all, I hope this will have solution, but I can't figure how email could communicate automatically with PHP/Mysql. Thanks Miguel Depending on the type of system you are running on and the level of control you have, have mail to a nominated address piped to a php script which parses the mail and responds accordingly. This would need php compiled as an executable to run the script as mail is received. -- David Robley Temporary Kiwi! Quod subigo farinam -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
