Trigger event every X seconds in Cakephp3

Question

I'm currently developing a system in Cakephp 3.4 which needs to check for connectivity with another machine every X seconds by sending a 'ping'.

I've read the cookbook section about Events in the docs but I couldn't find any Events that trigger themselves automatically within an interval of time in an infinite way.

Where should this loop be placed within the framework structure?.

If the process is going to run longer than a matter of seconds? If so a cron job or a system monitoring service would be a better option IMO. PHP is not designed to be a long running process. — David J Eddy, Mar 23 '17 at 19:44

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 23 '17 at 20:51

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Create a shell. Either use a cron job to run it every X seconds or add the loop to the shell and start it in the background.

answered Mar 23 '17 at 20:51

floriank

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You can also find how to set a Shell up as a crontab here: https://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/console-and-shells/cron-jobs.html – Marijan Mar 23 '17 at 21:25
It seems this is exactly what I was searching for, thanks! :) – AronNeewart Mar 24 '17 at 12:30

Trigger event every X seconds in Cakephp3

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