fm-labs / cakephp-cron

CakePHP Cron plugin

cakephp-cron

A Cronjob plugin for CakePHP

Installation

composer require fm-labs/cakephp-cron

Create a custom CronTask

namespace App\Cron

class MyCronTask implements \Cron\Cron\ICronTask {

    public execute() {
        // ... do some magic ...
        //return new CronTaskResult(false, "Something went wrong")
        return new CronTaskResult(true, "Success")
    }
}

Configuration

In your Plugin.php or bootstrap.php

\Cron\Cron::setConfig('my_cron', [
    'className' => \App\Cron\MyCronTask,
    'interval' => 3600, // interval in seconds
])

Execute cron tasks

Via Http / Browser

# to run a specific task
curl -v https://YOUR_BASE_URL/cron/my_cron

# to run all tasks 
curl -v https://YOUR_BASE_URL/cron/all

Via CLI

# to run a specific task
./cake cron run my_cron

# to run all tasks
./cake cron run all

Password protect cron task execution

# to run all tasks 
curl -v https://USER:PASSWORD@YOUR_BASE_URL/cron/all

Under the hood

• Tasks are statically configured via Cron class.
• The CronController instantiates the CronManager
• The CronManager loads configured tasks from Cron class and on invokation:
  • Instantiates the cron task class (implementing the ICronTask interface)
  • Fires the Cron.beforeTask event
  • Executes the cron task
  • Fires the Cron.afterTask event