automatic sending email w/o using cron?

eli03

hello guys,

I this possible to run automatic mail sending for example every 15 min w/o using cron? coz i dont have access to shell acount, i only have ftp account. plss help

LordShryku

Sure, you could do it, but if you don't have shell access, you probably can't run a script 24/7 from there either.

eli03

i found this

at and batch read commands from standard input or a specified file which are to be executed at a later time, using the shell set by the
user's environment variable SHELL, the user's login shell, or ulti-
mately /bin/sh.

So you could just use the backtick operator to do something like this:

at 15:00 < echo 'Hello, world!'

$command = "at " . date("H:i", time() + (15 * 60)) . " < /path/to/php /usr/local/webdocs/emailerator.php?userID=$uID";

What is 'AT' ?

LordShryku

Just like it sounds. "At so-and-so time, do this". But you still need a way to execute the php script that will call that.

eli03

do this 'at' command run the php script?

at 15:00 < echo 'Hello, world!'

tekky

Originally posted by LordShryku
Just like it sounds. "At so-and-so time, do this". But you still need a way to execute the php script that will call that.

well a hack/n/slash way around that would be to make a "init" page that you run to start the script, and then have it call itself every day at a certain time.... then of course if your host reboots... you have to run the "init" page again to start it over... hehe 😃

just an idea... 🙂

eli03

thanks all you guys.

Weedpacket

Originally posted by tekky
well a hack/n/slash way around that would be to make a "init" page that you run to start the script, and then have it call itself every day at a certain time....

Is it just me or do I smell the start of an infinite regress here...? 🙂 Of course, assuming safe_mode is not in the way, you could increase the timeout enough, do its thing, sleep for fifteen minutes, then request itself from the server.... But I get the feeling your hosting provider won't be a fan of that idea...

tekky

Originally posted by Weedpacket
Is it just me or do I smell the start of an infinite regress here...? 🙂 Of course, assuming safe_mode is not in the way, you could increase the timeout enough, do its thing, sleep for fifteen minutes, then request itself from the server.... But I get the feeling your hosting provider won't be a fan of that idea...

hehe, that was in reply to the AT command, (ie, last command in the script being "AT 3:00pm php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];" 😛

eli03

im back, help me guys 🙁
still not able to work w/ that script. do i need a shell account to run the "AT" command? What is the relationship of this command
" at 15:00 < echo 'Hello, world!' " to this phpscript

$command = "at " . date("H:i", time() + (15 * 60)) . " < /path/to/php /usr/local/webdocs/emailerator.php?userID=$uID";
`$command`;

😕 im confused