On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 02:19, Henrik Hudson wrote: > On Tuesday 18 November 2003 01:21, > "Jason Williard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent a missive stating: > > > 1) Use a cron job to execute a php script every x minutes. > > 2) Create a script where mail can be piped to. This is a method that I > > have used previously with a cgi app called PerlDesk. > > > > While I could develop the first option, the second option is the method > > of choice, but I have no clue how to implement that. Would anyone > > happen to have any suggestions on where to start? Perhaps, someplace > > where I could go for further research? > > Although you could use CLI PHP for this, I would use Perl or even better, C. > PHP is really meant to run via a web browser and what you're talking about is > all backend code. Look into playing with procmail and Perl or C.
Ummm, I've been using PHP for shell based scripts for years now. Are you telling me all the re-usable power of my InterJinn web scripts is foolish and that I should recode them as Perl or C? Eeeek, I though the whole point of CLI was to empower non-web application programming with PHP. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
