The $_GET[] & $_POST[] associative arrays are only initialized when your script is invoked via a web server. When invoked via the command line, parameters are passed in the $argv array, just like C. Contains an array of all the arguments passed to the script when running from the command line. Your command would be: … Read more
After hours and hours work, I created a solution like the below. I copy paste for other people that can benefit. First create a script file and give this file executable permission. # cd /etc/cron.daily/ # touch /etc/cron.daily/dbbackup-daily.sh # chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/dbbackup-daily.sh # vi /etc/cron.daily/dbbackup-daily.sh Then copy following lines into file with Shift+Ins #!/bin/sh now=”$(date … Read more
0 18 * * * command to be executed ^ you need to set the minute, too. Else it would be running every minute on the 18th hour How to setup a cronjob in general: # * * * * * command to execute # │ │ │ │ │ # │ │ │ │ … Read more
Why invent the wheel? You can use cron and supervisord together. In supervisord, create a task with autostart=false In cron, use * * * * * supervisorctl start <taskname> to start the task every minute
1-56/5 * * * * /my/script This should work on vixiecron, I’m not sure about other implementations.
Dead man’s solution: @Scheduled(initialDelay = 1000 * 30, fixedDelay=Long.MAX_VALUE) You will be dead before it fires again.
That’s what cronjobs are made for. man crontab assuming you are running a linux server. If you don’t have shell access or no way to setup cronjobs, there are free services that setup cronjobs on external servers and ping one of your URLs.
No, you can’t do that. From the man page: There is no way to split a single command line onto multiple lines, like the shell’s trailing “\”. You can put the commands in a script and run it.
Here’s a PHP project that is based on dlamblin’s psuedo code. It can calculate the next run date of a CRON expression, the previous run date of a CRON expression, and determine if a CRON expression matches a given time. You can skip This CRON expression parser fully implements CRON: Increments of ranges (e.g. */12, … Read more