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Posted by swpulitzer@yahoo.com on 10/26/12 11:33
This question probably doesn't belong in this forum, but since I'm
planning on using php as my main site implementation tool, I thought it
would be a good place to start. I'm new to php, and am looking to setup
a small/medium sized PHP-mySQL driven site.
One of the aspects of this site will be that registered users will be
able to store times when they want to receive emailed alerts. These
times will be stored in the database...easy enough. My question is:
what's the best way to setup the functionality of triggering the
alerts? I don't really know where to start.
I would assume that I need to have some executable running in the
background that periodically (say once every minute) polls the
database, and acts on any scheduled alerts that have come due by
sending the emails. Also, since I need to run such a program, any
possibility of hosting this site on someone else's server is probably
out, right?
I'm sure lots of people have dealt with similar situations. What's the
standard approach?
Like I said, it's not really a php question. But I would appreciate any
direction anyone would be willing to offer. Thanks in advance.
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