RE: [PHP] Parse an email message for content
You'll need to have a cgi version of PHP to use in cronjobs and you'll need to use http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-grep.php Good luck =) -Original Message- From: Jonathan Duncan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Parse an email message for content I am trying to display on a web page a daily message from a mailing list that I am on. What I want is to have a script run on my server each day at a certain time that reads the mail file that contains the daily email message, takes the Article Titles and makes them the link text to be used with the link that is provided and then have the article abstract listed below. Can anyone point me in the correct direction on how I can learn how to do this? Thank you very much, Jonathan Duncan The daily email message I get comes in the following format: *-*-*-* Start Email Message *-*-*-* EMAIL HEADERS Bulleted list of article titles -article 1 -article 2 = (That is 5 equal characters) Article 1 Title See http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a See http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a Article 1 abstract. This gives a brief excerpt of the article. = (That is 5 equal characters) Article 2 Title See http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a See http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a Article 2 abstract. This gives a brief excerpt of the article. - Copyright text ends the message -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you very much. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parse an email message for content
Ed, Thanks for the reply. Actually, I have the module version and the cgi version of PHP running on my server. I have another script that I run daily, but that is a different beast with my own content. Also, I know about egrep and preg_egrep, great functions. However, I am looking for an idea on how to actually read the email files. I have been reading about fread for reading the file and then I have considered doing an fseek to start reading where the email headers stop, and then explodeing the contents of the file separated by the = delimiter that comes in the message. However, I do not know where to start. Any pointers? Thanks, Jonathan Duncan Ed Lazor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... You'll need to have a cgi version of PHP to use in cronjobs and you'll need to use http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-grep.php Good luck =) -Original Message- From: Jonathan Duncan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Parse an email message for content I am trying to display on a web page a daily message from a mailing list that I am on. What I want is to have a script run on my server each day at a certain time that reads the mail file that contains the daily email message, takes the Article Titles and makes them the link text to be used with the link that is provided and then have the article abstract listed below. Can anyone point me in the correct direction on how I can learn how to do this? Thank you very much, Jonathan Duncan The daily email message I get comes in the following format: *-*-*-* Start Email Message *-*-*-* EMAIL HEADERS Bulleted list of article titles -article 1 -article 2 = (That is 5 equal characters) Article 1 Title See http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a See http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a Article 1 abstract. This gives a brief excerpt of the article. = (That is 5 equal characters) Article 2 Title See http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a See http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a Article 2 abstract. This gives a brief excerpt of the article. - Copyright text ends the message -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Parse an email message for content
Exploding at the = is a good idea. I'd just fread the file into a variable, explode it, and then egrep up to the first delimeter. I'm not sure if this is the best approach... but it's the most likely approach I'd take if I were working on this. =) --- I am looking for an idea on how to actually read the email files. I have been reading about fread for reading the file and then I have considered doing an fseek to start reading where the email headers stop, and then explodeing the contents of the file separated by the = delimiter that comes in the message. However, I do not know where to start. Any pointers? This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you very much. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Parse an email message for content
while not documented, PHP now has the mail-parse functions (see documentation for function list) -Original Message- From: Jonathan Duncan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 3:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PHP] Parse an email message for content Ed, Thanks for the reply. Actually, I have the module version and the cgi version of PHP running on my server. I have another script that I run daily, but that is a different beast with my own content. Also, I know about egrep and preg_egrep, great functions. However, I am looking for an idea on how to actually read the email files. I have been reading about fread for reading the file and then I have considered doing an fseek to start reading where the email headers stop, and then explodeing the contents of the file separated by the = delimiter that comes in the message. However, I do not know where to start. Any pointers? Thanks, Jonathan Duncan Ed Lazor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... You'll need to have a cgi version of PHP to use in cronjobs and you'll need to use http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.preg-grep.php Good luck =) -Original Message- From: Jonathan Duncan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 12:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP] Parse an email message for content I am trying to display on a web page a daily message from a mailing list that I am on. What I want is to have a script run on my server each day at a certain time that reads the mail file that contains the daily email message, takes the Article Titles and makes them the link text to be used with the link that is provided and then have the article abstract listed below. Can anyone point me in the correct direction on how I can learn how to do this? Thank you very much, Jonathan Duncan The daily email message I get comes in the following format: *-*-*-* Start Email Message *-*-*-* EMAIL HEADERS Bulleted list of article titles -article 1 -article 2 = (That is 5 equal characters) Article 1 Title See http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a See http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a Article 1 abstract. This gives a brief excerpt of the article. = (That is 5 equal characters) Article 2 Title See http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://some.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a See http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html a href=http://additional.server.com/path/to/article.html;Link/a Article 2 abstract. This gives a brief excerpt of the article. - Copyright text ends the message -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Parse an email message for content
Michael, Wow, correct you are: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mailparse.php Thank you, I will definitely see what that has to offer me. Jonathan Duncan Michael Geier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... while not documented, PHP now has the mail-parse functions (see documentation for function list) -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Parse an email message for content
Which documentation should we check to get information on the undocumented features? ;) ps... I'm joking. -Original Message- while not documented, PHP now has the mail-parse functions (see documentation for function list) This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and entity to whom it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, nor authorized to receive for the intended addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you very much. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
