Ah right, I thought that once the while loop condition is true it would execute the for loop then quit once the for loop had reached its condition. But really, whats happening is the while loop is continuing to run the for loop and then run through the while loop again. Ok I've got it now. Thanks for your advice. Graeme :) On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 20:41, Jason Wong wrote: > On Sunday 03 November 2002 04:26, Graeme McLaren wrote: > > Greetings list members. I've written the code below as part of an > > automatic email script. The problem with this is it seems to run in to > > an infinite loop. The for loop seems to get completely ignored by > > emails get sent constantly. I deleted the script after receiving 2500 > > emails ! :'( > > > > Can anyone point out what the problem with this is? > > > > > > while($tmp <= $NowUnix) > > You're not updating $tmp or $NowUnix inside your loop. > > -- > Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk > Open Source Software Systems Integrators > * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * > > > /* > Time is an illusion perpetrated by the manufacturers of space. > */ > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
