I'm running a PHP script in a cronjob and I want to send emails every 5 minutes
My current (crontab) cronjob:
10 * * * * /usr/bin/php /mydomain.in/cromail.php > /dev/null 2>&1
The cronmail.php is as follows:
<?php
$from = 'D'; // sender
$subject = 'S';
$message = 'M';
$message = wordwrap($message, 70);
mail("myemail@gmail.com", $subject, $message, "From: $fromn");
?>
But I've not received an email in 30 minutes with this configuration.
The solution you will use really depends on how long you need to wait between each execution of your function.
If you are waiting for longer than 10 minutes, I would suggest using AlarmManager.
// Some time when you want to run
Date when = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
try {
Intent someIntent = new Intent(someContext, MyReceiver.class); // intent to be launched
// Note: this could be getActivity if you want to launch an activity
PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getBroadcast(
context,
0, // id (optional)
someIntent, // intent to launch
PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT // PendingIntent flag
);
AlarmManager alarms = (AlarmManager) context.getSystemService(
Context.ALARM_SERVICE
);
alarms.setRepeating(
AlarmManager.RTC_WAKEUP,
when.getTime(),
AlarmManager.INTERVAL_FIFTEEN_MINUTES,
pendingIntent
);
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Once you have broadcasted the above Intent, you can receive your Intent by implementing a BroadcastReceiver. Note that this will need to be registered either in your application manifest or via the context.registerReceiver(receiver, intentFilter); method. For more information on BroadcastReceiver's please refer to the official documentation..
public class MyReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
System.out.println("MyReceiver: here!") // Do your work here
}
}
If you are waiting for shorter than 10 minutes then I would suggest using a Handler.
final Handler handler = new Handler();
final int delay = 1000; // 1000 milliseconds == 1 second
handler.postDelayed(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
System.out.println("myHandler: here!"); // Do your work here
handler.postDelayed(this, delay);
}
}, delay);
No.
From the cron man page:
...cron will then examine the modification time on all crontabs and reload those which have changed. Thus cron need not be restarted whenever a crontab file is modified
But if you just want to make sure its done anyway,
sudo service cron reload
or
/etc/init.d/cron reload
* * * * * echo "hello" > /tmp/helloFile_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).txt
You just need to escape the parentheses.
Other date formats: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-formatting-dates-for-display/
In a
crontabfile, the fields are:So:
means execute
blahat 10 minutes past every hour.If you want every five minutes, use either:
meaning every minute but only every fifth one, or:
for older
cronexecutables that don't understand the*/xnotation.If it still seems to be not working after that, change the command to something like:
and monitor that file to ensure something's being written every five minutes. If so, there's something wrong with your PHP scripts. If not, there's something wrong with your
crondaemon.