Run a function every day in specific time

Question

I have a function which has got data from the API. I want to run this function in every day at a specific time. I have used below code for achieving this, but the blow of run every min. I am using this code on the 5min interval for scheduled tests. My API code is, too much long. I am using just test purpose example code there.

register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'my_activation');
add_action( 'wp', 'my_activation' );

function my_activation() {
    if (! wp_next_scheduled ( 'my_hourly_event' )) {
    wp_schedule_event(time(), 'hourly', 'my_hourly_event');
    }
}

add_action('my_hourly_event', 'do_this_hourly');

function do_this_hourly() {
    // do something every hour
    $t          = time();
    $user_login = 'test-'.$t;
    $user_email = 'test-'.$t.'@yahoo.com';
    $user_pass  = '123456';

    $userdata = compact( 'user_login', 'user_email', 'user_pass' );
    $user_id = wp_insert_user( $userdata ) ;

    // On success.
    if ( ! is_wp_error( $user_id ) ) {
        echo "User created : ". $user_id;
    }else{
        echo "<h1>User already exsist</h1>";

    }
}

register_deactivation_hook(__FILE__, 'my_deactivation');

function my_deactivation() {
    wp_clear_scheduled_hook('my_hourly_event');
}

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 12 '19 at 06:13

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You can use crontab to do it, for example 06:02 each day.

crontab -e then add 6 2 * * * curl http://api

answered Sep 12 '19 at 06:13

LF00

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If that any way to achieve this by function? And which is the best solution between `function` and `corntab -e` – Kane Sep 12 '19 at 06:21
function is alswys scheduled by crontab. – LF00 Sep 12 '19 at 06:23
Could you give me an example? I have not used `crontab -e` till now. – Kane Sep 12 '19 at 06:26
when you execute it, it will in contab edit mode, then add that line. – LF00 Sep 12 '19 at 06:34

Manian Rezaee · Answer 2 · 2019-09-12T06:26:39.860

Usage in the wp_schedule_event function would look like this:

use strtotime() function so you can specify the time of day - it will use today's date with the time that you specify.

wp_schedule_event( strtotime('16:20:00'), 'daily', 'my_daily_event' );

Edit

and you have to set next schedule time after scheduled

if (!wp_next_scheduled('my_daily_event')) {
    $time = strtotime('today'); //returns today midnight
    $time = $time + 72000; //add an offset for the time of day you want, keeping in mind this is in GMT.
    // Ex: $time = strtotime("+1 day");
    wp_schedule_event($time, 'daily', 'my_daily_event');
}

Run a function every day in specific time

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