The correct way to send a bunch of emails is to queue them in your MTA and have your MTA do efficient grouping and delivery of the messages. Use the right tool for the job.
-Rasmus
Andrew wrote:
hello,
i've been searching for a 'setInterval' function in php and haven't had much luck.
in actionscript (which is similar to php) you can make a function which calls another function at a set interval, and i was keen to do this with php for a mail script so that rather than sending 500 emails at once, i can send 10 emails every 10 seconds etc.
i'm currently thinking i'll have to use flash to make the interval, but would rather keep it all in php.
basically what i want to do is this.
function SendMail($howManyToSend, $fromWhatIndex){
// gets the number of email addresses ($howManyToSend)
// from the database, starting at index $fromWhatIndex
// then sends them
if(all emails sent, no more emails in DB){
return 'finished';
}else{
return 'keep them coming'; }
}
function IntervalCalled (){
// increment currentIndex
$currentIndex = $currentIndex + 10;
$howDidWeGo = SendMail(10, $currentIndex);
if($howDidWeGo == "finished"){ // FLASH CLEARINTERVAL COMMAND clearInterval($makeEmailsInterval); }
}
// THIS IS HOW I WOULD CALL THE INTERVAL IN FLASH // (for every 10 seconds)
$makeEmailsInterval = setInterval(IntervalCalled, 10000);
so is this possible with PHP by using functions? anything involving complicated server stuff means i may as well setup flash to call the interval instead of PHP
many thanks
andrew
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