PHP Cron Jobs: Schedule Tasks

1 year ago
Sophia Anderson
1 minute

Setting up scheduled tasks in PHP is typically done using cron jobs. Cron jobs are a tool used on Unix-like operating systems to schedule tasks to be executed at specific times. Here are the steps to set up a PHP scheduled task on a Linux system:

  1. Open the terminal and enter the following command to edit the cron job table.
crontab -e
  1. Add a new scheduled task to the open file according to the following format:
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/your/script.php

This command will execute the script.php script once every minute.

  1. Update /path/to/your/script.php with the actual path to your PHP script.
  2. Save and exit the editor. The cron job will take effect automatically.

You can also use some online cron job generators to help you create cron job syntax. Keep in mind that cron jobs on Linux systems can only run on Unix-like operating systems. If you are using a Windows system, you may consider using the Windows Task Scheduler to achieve similar functionality.

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