Cron Dispatcher Cakephp 2.0

Cron Dispatcher CakePHP 2.0

In case anyone else is interested,

In the new CakePHP 2.0.5, you will an index.php in webroot folder:

Copy this file and name it cron_dispatcher.php, and place it into the same directory (webroot)

You will find this code at the very bottom:

$Dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher->dispatch(new CakeRequest(), new CakeResponse(array('charset' => Configure::read('App.encoding'))));

change the bottom to

define('CRON_DISPATCHER',true);
$Dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher->dispatch(new CakeRequest($argv[1]), new CakeResponse(array('charset' => Configure::read('App.encoding'))));

You're doing two things here: Setting CRON_DISPATCHER to true, and passing environment variables ($argv[1]).

In your controller, add this line before you do anything else:

if (!defined('CRON_DISPATCHER')) { $this->redirect('/'); exit(); }

This will ensure people going to yoursite.com/controller/cronaction won't be able to run your script.

In your htaccess file in webroot, add this:

<Files  "cron_dispatcher.php">
    Order deny,allow
    Deny from all
</Files>

This will ensure poeple going to yoursite.com/cron_dispatcher.php won't be able teo run it.

Now set up the cron job using something like the command:

php /home/yoursite/public_html/cakephp/app/webroot/cron_dispatcher.php /controller/cronjobaction

Cron job path for CakePHP

How should I write path to my crons controller?

You should not do that at all. If not properly protected anyone could trigger your controller from the web. Also that's not what a controller is made for.

Use a shell (or a shell command through cpanel for crons)

Assuming that the CakePHP core is in

/home/mysite/public_html/lib/

You should be able to run it like this:

/home/mysite/public_html/lib/Cake/Console/cake --app /home/mysite/public_html/app shellName

More details and examples are shown here.

How to setup cronjobs in cake php?

Use a shell

The 'Cake Way' of using a CakePHP application in cron jobs would be creating shell and then calling it as a cron job.

i.e. Create a shell to do the task, and then add it to crontab (crontab -e on linux machine):

0 * * * *       cd /path/to/app/ && Console/cake your_shell_name params

Creating shells and using them with cron is covered in the documentation.

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