mail at a certain date

[philosophology]

Hi,
I want to send mail at a certain date. I have a function that basically says:

If (sendDate == now()) then mail(sendMessage)

but this only executes if the I go to that page before the sendDate! What should I do so I don't have to visit the page and the code executes by itself on that date and time?

[scrupul0us]

philosophology;10892602 wrote:

Hi,
I want to send mail at a certain date. I have a function that basically says:

If (sendDate == now()) then mail(sendMessage)

but this only executes if the I go to that page before the sendDate! What should I do so I don't have to visit the page and the code executes by itself on that date and time?

if your server is *nix setup a cron job to do it

if your server is winders setup a scheduled task to do it

[philosophology]

Can I execute a php script in the cron job? and how?

[devinemke]

an example:

0 0 * * * /path/to/php /path/to/script.php >/path/to/output.log 2>/path/to/error.err

read up on cron