Question

I am attempting to create a CRON job which points to a function inside a file in a Code Igniter system I have built.
I have created the CRON job on my CPanel and I have tested it using a simple mail php function inside a file at the root and this works correctly, however, I wish to point the CRON job to a location within my MVC framework and for some reason this does not seem to be working.

Here is the CRON job set up on my CPanel:

0 0 * * 1 wget -q -O /dev/null http://www.urlhere.co.uk/index.php/cron_event/send_reminders

and here is the controller I wish to run. The location of it is in the system/controllers/cron_event.php:

<?php

class Cron extends Controller {

function Cron_event()
{
    parent::Controller();
}


/**
 * The index method just displays an access denied message, as we don't support viewing this module in the browser.
 */
function index()
{
    $this->send_reminders();
    $this->load->view('themes/base/header', array('title'=>"Access Denied"));
    $this->load->view('cron/access_denied');
    $this->load->view('themes/base/footer');


}


/**
 * Updates the PR Online Calendar by sending out email notifications for events that have not yet had them sent out.
 */

public function send_reminders() {
    $to = '[e-mail]';
    $from = 'bigwavetest';
    $message = 'test';

    mail($to, $from, $message); 
}
}

?>

When I point to this controller the CRON job stops working.
I have a feeling it is because I am not including and requiring the Code Igniter framework files but am unsure.
Does anybody have any ideas as to why this isn’t working?
Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

In your cron call you put:

wget -q -O /dev/null http://www.urlgoeshere.co.uk/index.php cron_event

I think it must be:

wget -q -O /dev/null http://www.urlgoeshere.co.uk/index.php/cron_event

Or:

wget -q -O /dev/null http://www.urlgoeshere.co.uk/cron_event

If you removed index.php from your URL.