Schedule the execution of function using CodeIgniter

Question

I need to execute a function every tot hours, right now I'm doing it manually by going to:

http://www.mywebsite.com/controller/function

is there a way to schedule the execution of this function every four hours for example?

Yep, use a cron job on *nix, or the scheduler on Windows. What platform are you on? Personally I'd move this out of the web tree and run it on the CLI, unless it really must be run in a web environment. — halfer
– halfer, Commented May 15, 2012 at 10:10
Right, use cron then - if you do a web search for 'cron php' there are loads of resources for that. Works on shared accounts too, usually. And as I say, this shouldn't be in the web tree - run it on the CLI, so it will look something like /usr/local/php /my/path/outside/the/web/tree.php <param>. — halfer
– halfer, Commented May 15, 2012 at 10:51
you're right, right now the function can be executed by everyone... — Boos93
– Boos93, Commented May 15, 2012 at 10:54
@halfer just another question: inside the .php file that contains the code will I be able to get a CodeIgniter instance doing this "$CI = &get_instance ();" ? — Boos93
– Boos93, Commented May 15, 2012 at 11:01

Otar · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-15 10:58:22Z

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In the best case you should set cron jobs to request that URL every hour using wget or CURL in the *NIX command line:

0 1 * * * wget http://www.mywebsite.com/controller/function

Also take a look at this online service: http://cronless.com/

answered May 15, 2012 at 10:58

Otar

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