how to perform cron job in cakephp? - cakephp-2.0

Question

# Cron Job for Cakephp #
I have create 1 file cron_scheduler.php which is copy of wamp/www/projectname/app/webroot/index.php file and it is also in the same folder
i have tried to run throw command prompt but didn't get any result.
how to run cronjob for Cakephp ? i don't have any idea
if anyone knows , please help me.
Thanks in advance.
<?php
if (!defined('DS')) {
define('DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
}
/**
* These defines should only be edited if you have cake installed in
* a directory layout other than the way it is distributed.
* Each define has a commented line of code that explains what you
would change.
*
*/
if (!defined('ROOT')) {
//define('ROOT', 'FULL PATH TO DIRECTORY WHERE APP DIRECTORY IS
//LOCATED DO NOT ADD A TRAILING DIRECTORY SEPARATOR';
//You should also use the DS define to seperate your directories
define('ROOT', dirname(dirname(__FILE__)));
}
if (!defined('APP_DIR')) {
//define('APP_DIR', 'DIRECTORY NAME OF APPLICATION';
define('APP_DIR', basename(dirname(__FILE__)));
}
/**
* This only needs to be changed if the cake installed libs are located
* outside of the distributed directory structure.
*/
if (!defined('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH'))
{
//define ('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', FULL PATH TO DIRECTORY WHERE
//CAKE CORE IS INSTALLED DO NOT ADD A TRAILING DIRECTORY SEPARATOR';
//You should also use the DS define to seperate your directories
define('CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH', ROOT);
}
///////////////////////////////
//DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE//
///////////////////////////////
if (!defined('WEBROOT_DIR'))
{
define('WEBROOT_DIR', 'webroot');
}
if (!defined('WWW_ROOT')) {
//define('WWW_ROOT', dirname(__FILE__) . DS);
define('WWW_ROOT', dirname(__FILE__) . DS . 'webroot' . DS);
}
if (!defined('CORE_PATH')) {
if (function_exists('ini_set')) {
ini_set('include_path', CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH .
PATH_SEPARATOR .
ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS . PATH_SEPARATOR . ini_get('include_path'));
define('APP_PATH', null);
define('CORE_PATH', null);
} else {
define('APP_PATH', ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS);
define('CORE_PATH', CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . DS);
}
}
require CORE_PATH . 'cake' . DS . 'bootstrap.php';
define('CRON_DISPATCHER',true);
if($argc == 2)
{
$Dispatcher= new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher->dispatch($argv[1]);
}
?>
> i have tried to run throw command promt but didn't get any result
> how to run cronjob for Cakephp ? i don't have any idea
if anyone knows , please help me.
Thanks

Answer 1

Step1: Create a shell file with name ReminderShell.php and Path should be PROJECT_DIR_PATH/PROJECT_NAME/app/Console/Command/ReminderShell.php Copy below script and paste it
class ReminderShell extends Shell {
var $tasks = array('Mail');
function main() {
$this->Mail->enroll_reminder();
}
}
Step2: Create Task file with name MailTask.php and path should be PROJECT_DIR_PATH/PROJECT_NAME/app/Console/Command/Task/MailTask.php
<?php
App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');
class MailTask extends Shell {
var $uses = array('Contact');
public function enroll_reminder() {
$Email = new CakeEmail();
$Email->config('default');
$reminder = $this->Contact->find('all');
if (!empty($reminder)) {
foreach ($reminder as $val) {
$id = $val['Contact']['id'];
$name = $val['Contact']['first_name'];
$email = $val['Contact']['email'];
$Email->template('reminder')
->viewVars(array('fname' => $name))
->emailFormat('html')
->subject('xyz.com: Enrollment Reminder')
->to($email)
->from('noreply#xyz.com');
if ($Email->send()) {
$update_val['Contact']['id'] = $id;
$update_val['Contact']['enroll_reminder'] = 'sent';
$update_val['Contact']['enroll_reminder_date'] = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$this->Contact->save($update_val['Contact']);
$this->out($email.' Mail Sent');
}
}
}
}
Step3: Create a email template with name reminder.ctp and path should be PROJECT_DIR_PATH/PROJECT_NAME/app/View/Emails/html/reminder.ctp
Step4: Create email.php in config directory
Step5: Run below command in Terminal: Console/cake Reminder
PROJECT_DIR_PATH/PROJECT_NAME/app Console/cake Reminder
For complete files checkout from https://github.com/pankajkumarjha2010/cronjob-in-cakephp2.3.x

Answer 2

For cronjobs in CakePHP, you may have a look at http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/console-and-shells/cron-jobs.html. This works fine for me.
But please note, sometimes there are not all the environmental parameters available. I ran into this problem when accessing env('HTTP_HOST') within the cronjob methods. But when considering this, it should be no problem.