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Ben Thomson
Ben Thomson

Reputation: 558

How can I use a PHP email variable with cron?

I have a service that sends out text to an email entered after x number of days. I want to use cron, but I know that because my PHP script uses variables, this would not work. How can I change my PHP or do anything that would allow me to use cron (or even something else)? I just need something where it will store the emails then send them. I'm really new to PHP, so keep it simple please.

Here’s my code:

<?php    
    if(isset($_POST['email']))
    {
        $headers = "From: Memory Jet <[email protected]>\r\n";
        $to_visitor = $_POST["email"];
        $common_data = $_POST["message"];
        mail($to_visitor, "Your Memory", $common_data, $headers);
    }
?>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 131

Answers (2)

TH1981
TH1981

Reputation: 3193

if you're wanting to store the data to transmit later, either using a database to store the info or writing it to a file would allow you to retrieve it.

If you need to potentially edit and manipulate the data later on, I'd recommend using a database.

I'd also recommend looking at http://www.tizag.com/phpT/ for some good, simple tutorials for PHP that really helped me when I first got going.

Upvotes: 1

Mariusz Sakowski
Mariusz Sakowski

Reputation: 3280

use argv array to read CLI params - http://php.net/manual/en/features.commandline.usage.php

if your script is named /bin/script.php then if invoked as /bin/script.php xyz the following: 

$email = $argv[1];

will assign 'xyz' to $email.

just read doc I've provided - there's all you need

Upvotes: 2

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