Sending mail at a later date 1

[lifelineamerica]

I have a system set up where a bunch of users log in daily.
I want users to be able to set reminder emails to each other to check on certain tasks, but such emails are to be sent at later dates.

I guess I can:
1). store the contents of the form into database with the timestamp of the time it was submitted.
2). make a script that will be executed every day to check that timestamp; if timestamp + 7 days is >= to today's timestamp then send the email...

...and I would set that to always run in the background i.e. whenever anybody logs in - problem is; on a day that nobody logs in, obviously no email would go out.

So any better ideas?

 

[feherke]

Hi

...and I would set that to always run in the background i.e. whenever anybody logs in - problem is; on a day that nobody logs in, obviously no email would go out

Correct. That is poor man's scheduling.

Better set up your system's native scheduler instead of reinventing the wheel. Use [tt]cron[/tt] on Unix/Unix-like systems, or Task Scheduler on Windows. ( There are many [tt]cron[/tt] clones, including for Windows. ) If none is available, try an online one, for example Onlinecronjobs.

Feherke.

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