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Jimothey
Jimothey

Reputation: 2434

Trying to write a shell for cakephp to use in a cron job

I've written a model and controller method that I wanted to use via a cron job, however on investigation it appears I have to do this as a shell withn Console/Command. I've read a few various SO posts and the manual but its all a little over my head.

This is what I have so far - pretty much ripped from what I had in my model and controller. Could someone give me some pointers on how to get this to work? Thank in advance.

**** EDIT - This now works ****

<?php 

App::uses('Shell', 'Console');
App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');

class OldClaimsShell extends AppShell {

    // Include the ExpesesCLaim mdel
    public $uses = array('ExpenseClaim');


    /**
     * When fired it checks for claims over 7 days that are still "submitted" and have therefore not been dealt with. Function has to be called MAIN - see cake docs
     */
    public function main() {

        // Find all claims with status "submitted" that are older than 7 days
        $answer = $this->ExpenseClaim->haveClaimsOlderThan7Days();

        //debug($answer);
        if ($answer === true) {

            $Email = new CakeEmail();
            $Email->domain('www.xxx.co.uk');
            $Email->template('oldExpenseClaimReminder');
            $Email->to('[email protected]');
            $Email->from('[email protected]');
            $Email->subject('There are outstanding claims over 7 days old - Please Review');
            $Email->viewVars(array('link' => 'http://xxx.xxx.co.uk'));
            $Email->emailFormat('both');
            $Email->send();

            //$this->out('Email sent');
        }

    }
}
?>

Amended question based on answer and comments - this now works although Cron doesnt. Will be exploring this in another question.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 799

Answers (1)

dogmatic69
dogmatic69

Reputation: 7575

In 2.x you should not use app::import()

You should not use controllers in shells

The latest 2.x branch has CakeEmail class which is for email from shells, models, controllers etc. (eg: wherever you like) EmailComponent is now a wrapper for this to keep backwards compatibility.

As far as code goes, shells are similar to controllers. You can specify the model to use like you would in a controller and fetching data is exactly the same.

Check the docs on sending emails, its pretty simple...

$Email = new CakeEmail();
// set config, add users, etc
$Email->send();

Then you run it in the cron with the usual

0 * * * * /path/to/app/Console/cake FooBar --params... etc

Upvotes: 1

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