hi , i have had similar issues its worked by doing a ob_flush before flush 
then u want a sleep statement so maybe try

ob_flush();
flush();
sleep(2);

??

>===== Original Message From Bryan Koschmann - GKT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====
>Hello,
>
>I'm including a script I use to automatically e-mail overdue customers. My
>problem is I have to have it sleep to avoid upsetting the mailserver, but
>when I do, it seems to pause and sleep the total time (number of users x
>sleep(1)) then output the whole block. I'm testing it now by printing the
>name and email to the screen.
>
>Instead of:
>
>Customer 1 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>pause 1 sec
>Customer 2 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>pause 1 sec
>Customer 3 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>pause 1 sec
>
>I get
>
>big big big pause
>Customer 1 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Customer 2 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Customer 3 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>Here is the script. Any help would be great!
>
>Thanks,
>
>       Bryan
>
>
>
><?php
>
>$myname = "My Company";
>$myemail = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]";
>
>$now = strtotime("now");
>$nowdate = date("l, F jS Y", $now);
>$nowtime = date("H:i", $now);
>$nowmonth = date("F", $now);
>$nowyear = date("Y", $now);
>
>$duedate = strtotime("25 $nowmonth $nowyear");
>$duedate = date("l, F jS Y", $duedate);
>
>$t = mktime(0,0,0,date('m')+1,1,date('Y'));
>$expdate = date("l, F jS Y", $t);
>
>$expdatenum = date("w", $t);
>
>if ($expdatenum == "6") {
>        $rendate = date("l, F jS Y", strtotime("$expdate +2 days"));
>} else {
>        $rendate = date("l, F jS Y", strtotime("$expdate +1 day"));
>}
>
>
>$query = htmlspecialchars("execute goToExpire");
>
>$fp = fsockopen ("111.222.333.444", 45678, $errno, $errstr, 30);
>
>// return_format can be either "delimited" or "xml"
>$connect = "
><request>
>       <connect>
>               Provider=SqlOleDb;
>               Data Source=(local);
>               Initial Catalog=MyCompany;
>               Integrated Security=SSPI;
>       </connect>
>       <options>
>               <return_format>delimited</return_format>
>               <delimiter>~</delimiter>
>               <text_qualifier></text_qualifier>
>       </options>
>       <query>
>               $query
>       </query>
></request>
>";
>
>$usercount = "0";
>
>if (!$fp) {
>       echo "$errstr ($errno)<br>\n";
>} else {
>       fputs ($fp, "$connect");
>       flush();
>
>       // Create some headings for the table
>
>       while (!feof($fp)) {
>               $buffer = fgets($fp, 4096);
>               $row = explode('~', $buffer);
>
>               if (!empty($row[0])) {
>                       if ($row[0] == "ERROR") {
>                               echo "<font face=arial size=5 
> color=#ff0000><b>$row[0]: $row[1] 
$row[2]</b></font>\n";
>                       } else {
>                               if (username($row[4]) !== "") {
>
>                               $isbiz = str_replace("\r\n", "", $row[6]);
>                               $accountnum = account($row[0]);
>                               $amountdue = amount($row[5]);
>
>                               if ($isbiz == "True") {
>                                       $fullname = name($row[1]);
>                               } elseif ($isbiz == "False") {
>                                       if (miname($row[3]) == "") {
>                                               $fullname = name($row[2]) . " " . 
> name($row[1]);
>                                       } else {
>                                       $fullname = name($row[2]) . " " . 
> miname($row[3]) . " " . name($row[1]);
>                                       }
>                               }
>                               flush();
>                               $subject = "Account Status: #" . account($row[0]);
>                               $message =      "\r\n" .
>                                               "$fullname\r\n" .
>                                               "Account #" . account($row[0]) . 
> "\r\n\r\n" .
>                                               "Payment Reminder!\r\n\r\n" .
>                                               "Our records indicate that we have not 
> received your payment of 
\$$amountdue due\r\n" .
>                                               "on $duedate for your Internet access 
> account. Please\r\n" .
>                                               "send in your payment to prevent any 
> interruption in your service. 
Any\r\n" .
>                                               "accounts with an open balance will 
> expire on $expdate\r\n" .
>                                               "at 5:00pm, and cannot be reactivated 
> until $rendate at 
9:00am.\r\n\r\n" .
>                                               "If you have already sent in payment, 
> please disregard this reminder. 
If\r\n" .
>                                               "you believe your account to be 
> up-to-date or believe this message to 
be in\r\n" .
>                                               "error, feel free to call us at (555) 
> 123-4567 or reply to this message 
to\r\n" .
>                                               "discuss your account.\r\n\r\n\r\n" .
>                                               "\tMy COmpany\r\n" .
>                                               "\tBilling Department\r\n\r\n" .
>                                               "[$nowdate - $nowtime]";
>
>                               $custemail = username($row[4]) . "@domain.com";
>                               $headers = "From: ".$myname." <".$myemail.">\r\n";
>                               $headers .= "To: \"" . htmlspecialchars($fullname) . 
> "\" 
<$custemail>\r\n";
>                               $headers .= "X-Mailer: Caesar-PHP";
>                               echo "Sending mail to $fullname - $custemail\n";
>                               // mail($custemail, $subject, $message, $headers);
>                               // echo "$headers\n$subject\n$message\n";
>                               $usercount++;
>                               flush();
>                               usleep(50000);
>
>                               }
>                       }
>               }
>
>       }
>       fclose ($fp);
>       echo "$usercount overdue customers\n";
>}
>
>function username($username) {
>       $name = str_replace(" ", "", $username);
>       $name = str_replace(",", "", $username);
>       $name = strtolower($username);
>       return $username;
>}
>
>function amount($amount) {
>       $amount = number_format($amount, 2);
>       return $amount;
>}
>
>function name($name) {
>//     $name = str_replace("\"", "", $name);
>       $name = str_replace(",", "", $name);
>       $name = ucwords(strtolower($name));
>       return $name;
>}
>
>function miname($name) {
>       $name = str_replace(" ", "", $name);
>       $name = str_replace(",", "", $name);
>       $name = ucwords(strtolower($name));
>       return $name;
>}
>
>function account($num) {
>//     $num = str_replace("\"", "", $num);
>       $num = str_replace("12:00:00 AM", "", $num);
>       $num = str_pad($num, 8, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT);
>       return $num;
>}
>
>
>?>
>
>
>--
>PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
>To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php



-- 
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Reply via email to