使用php自动发送电子邮件

Question

Sorry if this was too easy one.

I am struck with a problem for 3 days. I need to send emails to the persons whose licence is going to expire. The expiry dates will be in mysql database.. I am searching for it since three days,but every answer described is to "start a task manager". But i don't understand how the task started in our system can be performed in server..? Is there a way to send emails automatically without manual interaction. I found lot on CRON JOB.But how can i install it in the server.

Please help me if anyone has faced this earlier. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Ok if you have the php to send emails when the licence is going to expire, as you said you have to use CRON JOBs, if you have cPanel in your webhosting you have them installed.

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On the last image, you will se a command line.

There you should type:

GET http://yourdomain.com/yourphpfile.php

Where it says "hour" click the select and click "every hour" then add the new cron and your php file will be called every hour.

Answer 2

If you're on a Linux host, you can use a cron job to check for expired licences. If you're on a Windows host, you can use Windows Task Scheduler . If you don't have access to either, there are external services such as Monitor.us , which will visit your web page every hour or so.