Execute CodeIgniter function using Cron

Question

I have to setup a cron webjob in the ovh platform. The script to call will be in a php file 'cron.php'.

I need to execute 2 codeigniter functions, the links will be like this :

http://example.com/index.php/process/send1/

http://example.com/index.php/process/send2/

So i need to execute those links in 'cron.php', do you have any idea how to achieve this ?

Thank you in advance

You can still call this link in your crontab – Satish Ravipati Jul 29 '16 at 17:19 — Satish Ravipati, Jul 29 '16 at 17:19
@SathishRavepati the script to call has to be a php file – spanpa Jul 29 '16 at 17:26 — spanpa, Jul 29 '16 at 17:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 30 '16 at 01:00

You can't call the codeigniter functions directly. Instead you could make a request to each URL to run the function code. You could use the php exec function to run the "wget" command on them to send a request.

In cron.php:

exec('wget http://example.com/index.php/process/send1/');
exec('wget http://example.com/index.php/process/send2/');

If this fails because of PHP not having permissions to execute the command then try file_get_contents() or curl.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 01 '16 at 09:38

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I have setup so many crons in my live projects with this method http://www.asim.pk/2009/05/14/creating-and-installing-crontabs-using-codeigniter/

answered Aug 01 '16 at 09:38

khushi

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I have to absolutely call those links because they are in another server – spanpa Aug 03 '16 at 21:33

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