Create cronjob with Zend Framework

Question

I am trying to write a cronjob controller, so I can call one website and have all modules cronjob.php executed. Now my problem is how do I do that?

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Answer 1

This is my way to run Cron Jobs with Zend Framework

In Bootstrap I will keep environment setup as it is minus MVC:

public static function setupEnvironment()
{
     ...
     self::setupFrontController();
     self::setupDatabase();
     self::setupRoutes();
     ...
     if (PHP_SAPI !== 'cli') { 
          self::setupView();
          self::setupDbCaches();
     }
     ...
}

Also in Bootstrap, I will modify setupRoutes and add a custom route:

public function setupRoutes()
{   
    ...
    if (PHP_SAPI == 'cli') { 
        self::$frontController->setRouter(new App_Router_Cli());
        self::$frontController->setRequest(new Zend_Controller_Request_Http());        
    }
}

App_Router_Cli is a new router type which determines the controller, action, and optional parameters based on this type of request: script.php controller=mail action=send. I found this new router here: Setting up Cron with Zend Framework 1.11 :

class App_Router_Cli extends Zend_Controller_Router_Abstract 
{
    public function route (Zend_Controller_Request_Abstract $dispatcher) 
    {
        $getopt = new Zend_Console_Getopt (array());
        $arguments = $getopt->getRemainingArgs();
        $controller = "";
        $action = "";
        $params = array();

        if ($arguments) {

            foreach($arguments as $index => $command) {

                $details = explode("=", $command);

                if($details[0] == "controller") {
                    $controller = $details[1];
                } else if($details[0] == "action") {
                    $action = $details[1];
                } else {
                    $params[$details[0]] = $details[1];
                }
            }

            if($action == "" || $controller == "") {
                die("Missing Controller and Action Arguments == You should have: 
                     php script.php controller=[controllername] action=[action]");
            }
            $dispatcher->setControllerName($controller);
            $dispatcher->setActionName($action);
            $dispatcher->setParams($params);

            return $dispatcher;
        }
        echo "Invalid command.\n", exit;
        echo "No command given.\n", exit;
    }

    public function assemble ($userParams, $name = null, $reset = false, $encode = true)
    {
        throw new Exception("Assemble isnt implemented ", print_r($userParams, true));
    }
}

In CronController I do a simple check:

public function sendEmailCliAction()
{   
    if (PHP_SAPI != 'cli' || !empty($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) { 
        echo "Program cannot be run manually\n";
        exit(1);
    } 
    // Each email sent has its status set to 0;

Crontab runs a command of this kind:

    * * * * * php /var/www/projectname/public/index.php controller=name action=send-email-cli >> /var/www/projectname/application/data/logs/cron.log