Re: Database viewpoint of subject - Sending e-mails from database table with Cronjob

In response to A B <gentosaker(at)gmail(dot)com>:

> > [quote]
> > The other way is to let the cron job spawn new processes (up to a
> > limited number of child proceses) as long as there are mails to send.
> > These child processes runs as long as there are mails to send, then
> > they die. The cron job will then mostly do process controll/start new
> > processes.
> > [/quote]
> >
> > How can I do this. I'am thinking to use a PHP Script?
>
> This is getting a little of topic, but I guess something like
> exec('php some_script.php') will work?

There's a php/pgsql list available on this listserve that will get
you a lot more help in this area.

However, I would suggest PHP's pcntl_fork() and friends for creating
multiple processes. Of course, that's only needed if you want to
run them in parallel, which was unclear to me.

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