Where to place cron job code in my core php project?

Question

I have the code for cron job but i don't know where place this code in my project folder.

The code is:

00 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/cnl/myscript.php

I think that's something you'd generally do in the OS and not in PHP ? — adeneo, Apr 06 '15 at 11:53
http://askubuntu.com/questions/2368/how-do-i-set-up-a-cron-job — adeneo, Apr 06 '15 at 11:54
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7195503/setting-up-a-cron-job-in-windows — Saty, Apr 06 '15 at 12:02
You don't need to put your cron php code in your project folder. There is no rule. Place it in any suitable directory and give the path to your crontab. — Ariful Haque, Apr 06 '15 at 12:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 07 '15 at 06:16

No, You can't. You can't place OS(crontab) configuration code to PHP code and expect that it will manage your OS. But You can:

1) Create method at CodeIgniter's controller (for example at application/controllers/welcome.php create

function hello(){
   echo "I'm a function!";
}

and then call it from command line as

cd /your/path/to/codeigniter/ && php5 index.php welcome hello

If it works correctly, add this task to You crontab via command line or some GUI (cPanel/ISPManager/VestaCP/etc)

2) If You need to add Your line to cron and in fact Your question is not connected to CodeIgniter, I advice You to search "how to add cron job?", You'll find many results

Where to place cron job code in my core php project?

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