email using PHP

[imranghani]

I want to use PHP for bulk Email.
Actually its not purely bulk mailing. I just need to send
100 mails once by getting record from database.
But these will be fully personalized mail.
I am getting Username,email and company from database
and them mailing individual user a personalized email.

But facing problem that it gives the following error.

Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in d:\apache\htdocs\teenzmail\mail.php on line 75

Please suggest that how i can increase maximum execution time so that
i can send atleast 100 personalized mails.

thanx
Imran Ghani.

[craigh]

I think in your php.ini file you can set that value.

[sarahk]

lets say you can only send 20 in a cycle and the email addresses are in a table somewhere

your first pass calls

sendbulk.php

it selects the first 20 emails using limit 0,20 at the end of the query
it has

then outputs a metarefresh but calls sendbulk.php?start=20

which selects 20 emails using limit $start, 20
$start += 20

and outputs a metarefresh that calls sendbulk.php?start=$start

and finally when all are done it doesn't output the metarefresh at all but echo's "Finished"

So all you have to do is call the script and let the browser do it's thing.

NOTE this is just a strategy - it's up to you to know how to implement it and work it in with your existing code. Let me know how you get on.