CODEWITHSUNDEEP
moodle
Developer
Developer

Reputation: 26283

Adding a Cron job to a block in moodle

I am trying to add a cron job in moodle block.

I am following this tutorial on moodle 3.0 https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Blocks#Responding_to_Cron

When I run /admin/cron.php, my cron job does not execute.

Am I missing anything here?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1134

Answers (1)

Russell England
Russell England

Reputation: 10221

The old way uses cron like this:

/blocks/yourblockname/block_yourblockname.php

class block_yourblockname extends block_base {
    ...
    public function cron() {
        // Your code.
    }

and in /blocks/yourblockname/version.php

$plugin->cron = xxxx; // Cron interval in seconds. 0 means no cron.

The new way is to use scheduled tasks - https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Task_API

UPDATE: As mentioned by @Developer

If you change the cron value or add a new task then you will also need to increment the version number

$plugin->version = xxxx;

Upvotes: 1

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