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frobak
frobak

Reputation: 567

Codeigniter 3 CRON via CLI not working

I'm trying to set up a cron to run a codeigniter controller/method.

I have my application and system file etc outside of the root.

I have created a cli.php file as a hack to get it working, as suggested by someone on the codeigniter forums. the content of the file are:

if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {
die('Command Line Only!');
}

set_time_limit(0);

$_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = $argv[1];

require dirname(__FILE__) . '/public_html/index.php';

Now, I can successfully run the controller/method via cli using this termical command:

php cli.php cron/reccuring_checks

But can I get it to run as a cron?? oh dear NO i cannot, been at this for a whole day.

I've tried: (as well as 1000 different other combinations)

php cli.php cron reccuring_checks 
/usr/bin/php -q /home/DOMAIN/cli.php cron/reccuring_checks
/usr/bin/php -q /home/DOMAIN/cli.php cron reccuring_checks

I get the following error

<p>Severity: Notice</p>
<p>Message:  Undefined index: REMOTE_ADDR</p>
<p>Filename: drivers/Session_files_driver.php</p>
<p>Line Number: 130</p>

And a lot of the posts I can find online about this generally relate to CI2 and the method of replacing:

$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] with $this->server('remote_addr')

In the system/core/input file, but that is already amended in CI3

So has anyone got a clue how I can get this to work?

I assume the issue is that I have the core files above root, but thats what CI suggest you do for security, and I'm way to far down the line to change it now?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4689

Answers (2)

Yordan Boikov
Yordan Boikov

Reputation: 51

change this:

if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {
    die('Command Line Only!');
}

with:

if(!$this->input->is_cli_request()){
    die('Command Line Only!')
}

You shoud check codeigniter documentation

input class

https://www.codeigniter.com/user_guide/libraries/input.html

Upvotes: 1

ahmad
ahmad

Reputation: 2729

You don't need to create a special file nor you need any kind of hacks to get it working.

Simply, You create a controller & request it through index.php

Your cron command should look like this 

/usr/bin/php -q /path/to/codeigniter/index.php controller_name method

assuming your controller is named 'cron' & your method is 'reccuring_checks' it would be something like this

/usr/bin/php -q /path/to/codeigniter/index.php cron reccuring_checks

Limiting your controller to command line access only is as simple as follows:

class Cron extends CI_Controller {
    public function __construct () {
        parent::__construct();
        // Limit it to CLI requests only using built-in CodeIgniter function
        if ( ! is_cli() ) exit('Only CLI access allowed');
    }
}

If your hosting provider is using cPanel control panel, Your PHP path should be as follows:

/usr/local/bin/php

Upvotes: 1

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