Send mail at a specified time?

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In PHP, is it possible to send mail (or, execute the mail() function) at a specified time? Thanks. :)

[Orio]

You'll need to run a cron job for that.

Orio.

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[quote author=Orio link=topic=112156.msg455108#msg455108 date=1161368643]
You'll need to run a cron job for that.

Orio.
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or, if you're running on linux, and you only need it to run once, just set up an "at" command

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[quote author=Orio link=topic=112156.msg455108#msg455108 date=1161368643]
You'll need to run a cron job for that.

Orio.
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I did some research on cron jobs, and it seems you can only do that from the terminal. Is there any way to do this with just PHP? Thank you for the help.

[obsidian]

[quote author=convention link=topic=112156.msg455191#msg455191 date=1161379382]
I did some research on cron jobs, and it seems you can only do that from the terminal. Is there any way to do this with just PHP? Thank you for the help.
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nope. PHP is a script that is run by the server. CRON is simply a scheduled task that tells the server [b]when[/b] to run your PHP script. you can't have your PHP running at specified times without setting up some way for your server to know when to run it.