Re: [PHP] bulk emailer
On Mar 11, 2005, at 2:34 PM, Richard Lynch wrote: what i'm currently doing: -using mysql_fetcharray() to loop through an array of query results -for each iteration of the loop, get an email address from the current row in the result set, and use it with the mail() function to send out an individual email to that email address, then echo out a confirmation in HTML so that the user will know that an email has been sent -this is repeated for each email address found in the result set problem with this is: with large result sets (some of my result sets come up with a few thousand email addresses), users have to wait a long time for the confirmation messages to print out to their browser, sometimes it seems that not all the messages go through Ye Gods! The mail() function is designed for quickie one-off emails, not sending out thousands. Hell, it can't even handle dozens, not reliably, at least not on some hardware/connections. I have to disagree on this one. I've used the method described above, pulling e-mails from a MySQL table, to send out to well over 10,000 recipients with out error. As a safeguard, I have the script write the id of each record that is e-mailed, so if the script does fail at some point I can easily find out where it left off and tweak the script to start there upon running it again. I call the script from a browser and its written to print each address as it's sent. It does take some time for the addresses to appear in the browser and the seem to come in batches of a couple hundred at a time, but it will eventually display all of the addresses with some patience. Nicholas Miller Intercast Media, Inc. 229 19th Ave. Suite 4 San Francisco, CA 94121 415-379-9500 415-520-9501 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] pulling content from a URL
I'm writing a script that needs to put the contents of an external URL into a variable. I need to include some sort of error checking that will kill this request if for some reason the URL request hangs for more then 15 seconds. In researching this, I think the correct function to use is fsockopen, but I can't seem to get it to work. Can someone verify if fsockopen is the best way to grab an external URL, but kill the request if it hangs for a certain amount of time ... and if so, show me some sample code on how to place this URL's contents into a variable that I can then parse. The URL will be hard coded into the script, so I don't need a lot of error checking to insure correct URL format, etc. Thanks, Nicholas Miller Intercast Media, Inc. 229 19th Ave. Suite 4 San Francisco, CA 94121 415-379-9500 415-520-9501 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Fwd: Re: [PHP] passing variables in javascript
> H ... is there anyway to do this without requiring the page
>with the link to use PHP?
>
>>
>>You have to encode each part of the query string on the URL correctly:
>>
>>> . "&url=" .
>>urlencode("http://www.domain.com/biz/pubs.html#antitrust");
>>?>', 'email','width=410,height=435')">Emailthis
>>
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Simon Garner
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[PHP] passing variables in javascript
I have a text link that is coded to open a PHP file in a popup window: http://www.domain.com/biz/pubs.html#antitrust','email','width=410,height=435')">Emailthis article For some reason the $url variables cuts off the anchor, so I only get this: $url = http://www.dttgfsi.com/ebiz/pubs_eviews.html I have tried escaping it (\#antitrust), but the doesn't work. Any suggestions would be appreciated ... Nick
[PHP] connectivity test
Is it possible to test a user's line speed with PHP? I have a site with a lot of video. Each clip has the standard 28/56/128 speed choice. I would like to offer the user an interface where they can test their line speed and get a suggestion on which file to view. Any experience ... ideas? Nick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] pgp text formatting
I sent this off a couple days ago, but did not see it on the list ...
please excuse the traffic if you are seeing this for a second time.
I am writing some code (PHP3/4 on Apache) that encrypts some text using
PGP and writes it to a log_file. I am having problems getting the line
breaks to remain intact from the original unencrypted version to the
final decrypted version.
Here's my code:
// first I setup a variable with the message to be encrypted,
// note the line breaks
$msg = "
* * * * * * * * * *
BILL TO:
$type_of_card $card_number
$users_name ($expiration_date)
$b_first_name $b_last_name
$b_address_1
$b_address_2
$b_city, $b_state $b_zip
$b_day_phone $b_night_phone
$b_email
* * * * * * * * * *
";
// next I set the environment variable for PGPPATH
putenv("PGPPATH=/.pgp");
// then I place the message that is to be encrypted in a file
$fp = fopen("plaintxt", "w+");
fputs($fp, $msg);
fclose($fp);
// fyi ... if at this point, if I were to open the file plaintxt
// all of my line breaks would still be there
// next I encrypt the data and write it to a file called crypted
system("/usr/local/bin/pgpe -r [EMAIL PROTECTED] -o crypted -a
plaintxt");
unlink("plaintxt");
// now ... if at this point I were to open the file crypted and decrypt
it
// I would get my message in a long line with squares where every break
should be
// here's the method I use to get this crypted data added to my log file
$fd = fopen("crypted", "r");
$msg_crypted = fread($fd, filesize("crypted"));
fclose($fd);
unlink("crypted");
$order_log = fopen("order_log", "a");
fwrite($order_log, $msg_crypted);
fclose($order_log);
So, if anyone can help me figure out a way to keep these line breaks in
place all the way through to decryption, I would be VERY appreciative.
I know this is possible ... because, if I take the same message from my
code and place it in a text editor ... encrypt and decrypt it using my
desktop PGP software ... all of the line breaks remain intact.
Please help!
Thanks,
Nick
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[PHP] counting files
I have a web page that displays an image. I would like to randomize which image it displays when the page loads. Every possible image will be the same dimensions and file format. Each image will be named a consecutive number begining with 1. The code I am using is: $number = rand(1, 10); $file = $number . "." . "gif"; echo""; I'm wondering if there is a way to count how many files are in the random_images directory, so I can dynamically set the range of my rand(). This way I can add images to the random_images directory without having to increase the range in the php code. Thanks! Nick -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
