How run Codeigniter php function in controller using Cron Jobs every one hour via cPanel

Question

How do I run some php function in controller every 1 hour using cPanel Cron Jobs?

Note: for testing reasons, I decided to execute this function every 1 minute.

Example:

class Mycontroller extends CI_Controller {

     public function index() {
         //something
     }

     /* HERE IS IT*/
     function clear_ip_address_list_every_one_hour(){

         $data['ip_adress] = '0'; // set to 0
         $this->my_model->model_function_to_action($data);
     } 
} // end of class

I want clear_ip_address_list_every_one_hour() to execute every one minute.

Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7332804/run-a-php-file-in-a-cron-job-using-cpanel — Kisaragi, Jul 12 '17 at 14:52
use something like `curl https://yourDomain/mycontroller/clear_ip_address_list_every_one_hour` If you have a custom route, you need to use that — Alex Tartan, Jul 12 '17 at 14:54
it's look possible @AlexTartan , but how to run it for every one minuets? — Kamarul Anuar, Jul 12 '17 at 14:55

Alex Tartan · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-12T15:11:56.827

You can setup a cron job like:

 Minute Hour Day Month Weekday Command
      *   *   *     *   *      curl https://yourDomain/mycontroller/clear_ip_address_list_every_‌one_hour

If you have a custom route to your method, you need to use that.

But usually, CodeIgniter does uses /controllerName/controllerMethod urls

In some edge-cases, you would need to replace curl with the full path to the curl executable.

You need to be careful with this frequency. I can imagine there's something really wrong with your application logic if you need to do something "every minute". Also, some hosting providers might not be happy with a "once-per-minute" cron job and might cancel it for you.

How run Codeigniter php function in controller using Cron Jobs every one hour via cPanel

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