Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/16/07 16:05

Paul wrote:
> I have a PHP script that is triggered by a .forward file when
> incoming
> email arrives. When triggered, the script retrieves the email using
> the php imap functions, processes the email, and then deletes it and
> empties the inbox before exiting. This setup worked fine whether the
> script was triggered by an incoming email or manually via shell.
>
> Greetings ..
>
> Recently, however, I noticed that emails were not being properly
> deleted before exit when the script was triggered automatically. But
> when I ran the script manually it functioned as expected. I did some
> error checking and discovered that certain "points" in the script
> were
> not being reached (seemingly) when the execution was a result of
> the .forward. I can't find any errors in the code that would explain
> this, however.
>
>
> Does anyone have any ideas of why execution of a php script might be
> different when I run it via shell vs when it is triggered by
> a .forward file? Could any changes have been made to my server that
> would explain the recent occurrence of this strange difference?
>
>
> Thanks for any insights you have,
> Paul
>

Or maybe a permissions problem?

Try enabling all errors and logging them to a php.log file. See if you
get anything to help you debug it.

Additionally, try writing messages at crucial points in your script to
an external file, including critical variables which might affect execution.

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