Another way of forcing a script to run for longer is change the max_execution_time in php.ini to a larger value. (My default is 30 seconds) Ross -----Original Message----- From: CJD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 September 2001 22:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PHP-WIN] Re: How to make a script run itself ? I do a similar thing. Sending a message to almost 2,000 people each month (subscriptions - not spam!) on behalf of a client. I run it on the command line, and it never times out. "John Lim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Check out the at command. It's available in Linux and Windows NT/2000. You > can run a php script from the command line using php.exe -q [filename] > > > "Steen rabøl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > 004501c13de1$22f0d8f0$0300000a@srjhp">news:004501c13de1$22f0d8f0$0300000a@srjhp... > Hi > > I need to process some information and mail it to the users of my site every > night, and therefore I have made a script to handle the information and mail > it, no problem... > > But, now I have so many users that the script times-out, the result is that > not all users get what they want/need > > How can I make a script that keeps running until all information is > processed ? > > Thanks in advance > > Steen > > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]