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Cron Job in Laravel

I am trying to develop a cron job for a command I have already created. I am completely new to cron jobs so I dont really know how it works.

Trying the command by myself in the console works perfectly. All I need is to be able to execute it every 24 hours. I am using Laravel 4, can anyone help?

Thanks!

Solution

  • To create a cron job as root, edit your cron file:

    [sudo] crontab -e

    Add a new line at the end, every line is a cron job:

    25 10 * * * php /var/www/<siteName>/artisan <command:name> <parameters>

    This will execute the same command at 10:25AM everyday.

    Just make sure you keep a blank line after the last one. And you also might need to use the full path of your php client:

    25 10 * * * /usr/local/bin/php /var/www/<siteName>/artisan <command:name> <parameters>