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user3295299
user3295299

Reputation: 19

Sending notifications via email before a specific date is met?

I have some dates in the database of some events. I am thinking of a way to notify the user a day before that date. I have no Idea how to do that. Help me please.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 98

Answers (1)

cs45977
cs45977

Reputation: 400

You need some form of automation:

An automated task that queries your data and takes an action is generally know as a worker.

There are many ways to create / mange workers. The most common in the LAMP stack is it to use cron jobs to call scripts (possibly php in this case) scripts.

a quick goolgle on cron job how-to would be suggested. but here is one site to look at

Cron For Newbies

Upvotes: 1

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