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clicken
05-29-2007, 03:02 PM
Is there an existing script that will allow visitors to select an email reminder?

It might be helpful for some visitors who may need reminding that it is time for practice. I have searched your site but couldn't find a script.

djr33
05-29-2007, 07:04 PM
This would require a lot, actually. The individual steps needed would not be that hard in themselves (most would be quite simple, really), but you'd need--
--A way to have the users sign up (HTML form)
--PHP to store that information in a database
--cron job* to search that database and send out emails, at a specific point in time
--a PHP mail script that would alert all of the users

The third step is hardest. *a cron job is a task you can set on your server, if they are enabled, to run a script, etc. at a certain time. The other way would be to run this every time the page is accessed and only send the email if it is past a certain date, but this would be a bit much (and unreliable) in this case.

gaurav6767
06-24-2008, 05:07 AM
This would require a lot, actually. The individual steps needed would not be that hard in themselves (most would be quite simple, really), but you'd need--
--A way to have the users sign up (HTML form)
--PHP to store that information in a database
--cron job* to search that database and send out emails, at a specific point in time
--a PHP mail script that would alert all of the users

The third step is hardest. *a cron job is a task you can set on your server, if they are enabled, to run a script, etc. at a certain time. The other way would be to run this every time the page is accessed and only send the email if it is past a certain date, but this would be a bit much (and unreliable) in this case.

its nice let me try ang will tell more