Word Doc email attachment -> Website Update

[TheMarsVoltaire]

I have a gmail account setup so that it receives a daily email that has a daily bulletin (word doc format) attached.

 

I also have a php based site thats  homepage has a space for this daily bulletin. I setup a password protected php script on another page that allows me to paste text (I open and copy the text from the word doc attachment) into a textfield and then update a text file with that copied text. A script in the homepage pulls the text from that text file and loads it into the bulletin space on the page when it loads.

 

My question is, how can I automate this entire process in php? Would it be something like: PHP connects to gmail's pop server, finds and retrieves the email attachment, opens it, copies the text from it, and then edits the text file?

[Wuhtzu]

You pretty much has to do what you suggested yourself... the tricky part will be to connect to the mail server, receive the email and extract the attached file - or it probably isn't tricky, I just haven't done it my self

 

I suggest you have a look at this part of the PHP manual:

 

http://no2.php.net/imap

 

When you have created a script to get the text file copied, renamed and uploaded ect. you will have to automate the whole process using something like a cronjob... or if you page is well visited you can rely on your scripts being executed enough to just add a time check:

 

$hour = $date("G",time())

 

if((18< $hour) && ($hour < 19)){

  do your stuff

}

[TheMarsVoltaire]

I know this is probably impossible, but is there any way of connecting to the pop server with only a default php installation? IMAP requires c-client, and I don't have the privileges to install it nor is my administrator knowledgable enough about PHP to install it for me.