Subsequent fmsredirects [SOLVED]

[glucas3232]

I have a form submitted to the database that loops through a portal to send emails for each record in the portal. Like this:

add_job_post.php >> job_post_result.php (creates record)  FMSREDIRECT (uses -recid) to JobQueueNotify.php (send email to each portal record).

Above scenario works fine. But as you may know, there is about a 1 second delay between each record sent with the FMStudio Email Module. This causes a delay in the screen draw and it's confusing to the user to know what is going on.

I'd like to solve this by inserting a processing page between the job_post_result.php page and the JobQueuNotify.php page. Like this:

add_job_post.php >> job_post_result.php (creates record)  1st FMSREDIRECT (uses -recid) to JobQueueNotify.php (send email to each portal record and has a process graphic indicating status) 2nd FMSREDIRECT (uses -recid) to JobQueueNotifyList.php that will show  list of those notified (bascially this page is a clone of the JobQueueNotify.php page without the process graphic).

Here's the problem. When the record is created and redirects to the JobQueueNotify.php page (which also has the second redirect on it) I just get a blank page. Is there a limit to the number of subsequent FMSRedirects  or is there a basic flaw with my logic here?

 

[glucas3232]

Ok I think I understand the problem. Fmsredirect apparently only executes in the header thus preventing the remainder of the page from loading and executing email script. So, whats a better method to have the page load, execute the email module code then redirect to the final summary page?

[webko]

So long as there is no html or white space, then you can use the redirect after the email code...

Put every thing inside the one set of <?php ?> tags for a start...

[glucas3232]

If I can't have any html after the FMSredirect, then I don't see a way to present a status bar on the screen to alert users that emails are in progress.

I think I'll just put a blurb of copy at the end of the job post form advising users to be patient while emails are processed and sent. Not elegant, but I don't see a better way to use the fmsredirect. Is there a different command that is less restrictive?

[glucas3232]

Also, during the delay 1 sec between emails, this interrupts the screen draw of the page, so it's all kind of busted up until the email script completes process processing then it all snaps into place. Is there a way to delay the email script so that the screen has a chance to build before the emails or sent. Just a cosmetic issue, but bugs me.

[webko]

Which is one of the reasons why I combine it all on one page - usually with the mailing code at the very end, so it should run after page load - I manage to quite happily send 50 emails before there's a noticeable lag, but (as usual) my stuff is all hand-coded so I don't know how to do the same thing in FMStudio

[glucas3232]

Thanks webko,
I duplicated the portal on the page and deleted all the content except for the email script and it now draws the page, and then loops through the second portal and sends emails.

Still would be nice process flow to have an intermedite page telling users what is going on, but I can live with this for now. Thanks for your help as always.