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email to database?

Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2008 11:52 pm
by ayfine
Is there an easy way in php to insert information into a database when a user sends an email to a specific address?

thanks,
alex

Re: email to database?

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:06 am
by requinix
Not with PHP alone. You need some way to tell your mail service/program to do something when it receives an email.

Re: email to database?

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:08 am
by ayfine
tasairis wrote:Not with PHP alone. You need some way to tell your mail service/program to do something when it receives an email.
Is there way to do this though? And if so how?

Re: email to database?

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:45 am
by requinix
Depends. How is email handled on your system?

Re: email to database?

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 12:55 am
by ayfine
tasairis wrote:Depends. How is email handled on your system?
I'm not really sure. I'm on a shared server from hostgator :|

Re: email to database?

Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:50 am
by requinix
ayfine wrote:
tasairis wrote:Depends. How is email handled on your system?
I'm not really sure. I'm on a shared server from hostgator :|
Then try asking them. They can help you more than we could.