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Auto Notification Function

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:45 pm
by alexmaster_2004
Hi All
i work now on a new web site and i have faced a problem with it.
this site will sell some products and i want to add an auto notification function to inform users when the product's expiration date is coming up, say 10 days before product expiration date.
i don't know how i could implement this.
so i hope if anyone could help me.
Thanks in Advance

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:46 pm
by foobar
Cronjob.

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 1:53 pm
by alexmaster_2004
Hi
Thanks for reply.
but how i could do this using php and mysql :?
i want this operation to be dynamic.
Hope you could help
Thanks

Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:34 pm
by foobar
I don't know what you mean by dynamic, but I've suggested something in another thread a few days ago:

viewtopic.php?t=40504&highlight=cronjob

Read my latter replies as well, where I explain the drawbacks of using php to achieve this.