> > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Moseby [mailto:JMoseby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:56 AM > To: 'bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'; php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: confirmation email script/code > > > > has anybody come across a really good 'open source' chunk > of code for > > sending/recieving confirmation emails from an app... i'd like > > to allow the > > user to register, and send them an email that they then have > > to hit the link > > to complete the process.. > > It is strightforward to write this yourself. In my simple example, I > generate a 32 byte random ID when the user registers and save > it along with > his data in the DB. Then, I send him an email with a link like this: > > www.example.com/register.php?id=7H7dh869ha320J6GhAs89L0lJ00j09 > df?action=conf > irm > >When he clicks the link, I flip a flag in his DB record that he has >confirmed. > >I have cron periodically go and clean up unconfirmed records that have timed >out. > >JM > > jim... > > pretty much what i had thought about... question.. how does > one correctly!!! > set up a cron process... > > i assume that i can write a quick perl/php app that iterates > through the > 'emailconfirmTBL' looking at the date, and the confirm status. if the > cleanup app sees any records that are over a certain age, and > haven't been > confirmed, it can simply delete the record. but shouldn't the > cleanup also > do a rollback/delete of the user registration records as well... > > this kind of approach would lend itself to being monitored by > an admin who > could then look to see where in the process a given user is/was... > > any good/quick guides you can point me to! > Yeah, whatever you need to do to keep your DB happy. What I did was write a php script that shuffles through the database and deletes any registration records from the `users` table that weren't confirmed within 7 days of sign-up. Then set up a cron job (see "man crontab") that runs it once per day. It emails me a report about what it did when it's done. JM -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
