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Automatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-12-2011
[eluser]Roy MJ[/eluser]
Hi,
I was wondering if there was any method for sending a static mail automatically. My need is that i have to send a mail for someones birthday who has registered his dob in my database. Is it possible to trigger a mail delivery automatically everyday. ??
Automatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-12-2011
[eluser]Atharva[/eluser]
It can be done with setting CRON jobs
Automatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-12-2011
[eluser]Roy MJ[/eluser]
Thankyou..
Automatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-14-2011
[eluser]Roy MJ[/eluser]
Hey,
Ive tried doing the cron job. But i cant find a way as to how the command will be like so that i can add a cron job via cpanel.
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q /home/public_html/system/application/controller/cron.php
But i dont see it working. My cron.php looks like this :
Code:
<?php
class Cron extends My_Controller {
function cleancache(){
parent::My_Controller();
$this->load->model('admin/News_subscribe_model');
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php5 $HOME/system/scripts/clean_cache.php
if($_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] != 'clean_cache.php')
exit;
}
function index(){
$to = "[email protected]";
$fromemail = $this->config->item('admin_email');
$subject = "hi";
$message = "heloooooooo";
$fromname = "Aroma";
mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $fromname<$fromemail>" );
}
}
?>Can u please find what im doing wrong here. In cpanel i gave this command as cron job..
Code:
$HOME/system/application/controller/cron.phpAutomatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-14-2011
[eluser]Atharva[/eluser]
I suggest you use plain php to run your cron jobs rather than using CI. Also, why this statement is in constructor?
Code:
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php5 $HOME/system/scripts/clean_cache.phpAutomatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-14-2011
[eluser]Atharva[/eluser]
Following links will help you
Cron wiki
cron bootstrapper
cron
Automatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-14-2011
[eluser]Roy MJ[/eluser]
thankyou..
Automatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-14-2011
[eluser]Roy MJ[/eluser]
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php5 $HOME/system/scripts/clean_cache.php
When i googled i came across a page where it said the above line is the cron command.
I used the below step too. But none of it is triggering the automatic mail sending.
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php5 $HOME/system/application/controller/cron.php
Have you implemented the cron job anywhere??.
Automatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-14-2011
[eluser]Roy MJ[/eluser]
I did it in controller as eventually im planning to do mailing to emails selected from database. So first i was trying to get it working by static contents and static emails. I have found a Cron job application inside the cpanel in the advanced section. In that also we need to give a cron command. The command is what i had mentioned above. But its not working either. If you have done the mail sending, can you please tell me whats wrong with my code. I cant do it in simple php as it would mean i cant access the database.
Automatic mail sending - El Forum - 01-14-2011
[eluser]Atharva[/eluser]
I usually store my cron files in cron folders. You can also user the db config from system/application/database.php and config values from system/application/config.php in that file. Here is how I do it. Suppose there is a file email_cron.php
Code:
define( 'BASEPATH', dirname(__FILE__) );
include( BASEPATH .'/../system/application/config/database.php' );
include( BASEPATH .'/../system/application/config/config.php' );This will include mentioned files, so you can access database settings, base_url etc. Below goes the email code you want to run
Code:
//select email query, mail code , etc....You can set through cpanel when this cron will run, and the command will be path to this cron file. For sending mail, you can also use phpmailer.