scheduling task using task schedular in php

Question

I want to schedule a php function to execute at a user's inputted scheduled time. Also my website is hosted in windows machine so I am looking for a windows based solution. I have made a function which looks like this:

function sendemail()
{
    $cmd = 'schtasks /create /sc ONCE /tn emailtask /tr http://example.com/index.php/emailnotifications/sendemail';
    exec ($cmd);
}

In the above code emailnotifications is my controller and sendemail is my function where I have written my code. Does anyone know a solution to create scheduled task in windows task schedular using php code?

What about it the schedule is in anohter machine and you do an wget of the php script? — Hola Soy Edu Feliz Navidad
– Hola Soy Edu Feliz Navidad, Commented Oct 16, 2012 at 10:22

Kinjal Dixit · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-16 11:30:33Z

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I had such a requirement once (meaning the server was windows) and I used cronw with good results. The only change I suggest in your strategy is to call the script every minute and put all your schedules in a database table. Everytime the sendemail function is executed it will check if any emails are scheduled to go out at this time, it sends them and marks them processed. This approach is very scalable, so if you have millions of people scheduling emails, then you dont end up creating millions of scheduled tasks.

edited Oct 16, 2012 at 11:30

answered Oct 16, 2012 at 11:23

Kinjal Dixit

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Sahil Jariwala Over a year ago

thank you for the response. Yes will surely go through cronw and will let you know if I am getting expected result.

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