cron_example.module

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  1. 3.x modules/cron_example/cron_example.module
  2. 7.x-1.x cron_example/cron_example.module

Demonstrates use of the Cron API in Drupal - hook_cron().

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modules/cron_example/cron_example.module

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<?php


/**
 * @file
 * Demonstrates use of the Cron API in Drupal - hook_cron().
 */

/**
 * @defgroup cron_example Example: Cron
 * @ingroup examples
 * @{
 * Example using Cron API, including hook_cron() and @QueueWorker plugins
 *
 * This example is part of the Examples for Developers Project
 * which you can download and experiment with at
 * http://drupal.org/project/examples
 */

/**
 * Implements hook_cron().
 *
 * We implement hook_cron() to do "background" processing. It gets called every
 * time the Drupal cron runs. We then decide what has to happen in response.
 *
 * In this example, we log a message after the time given in the state value
 * 'cron_example.next_execution'. Then we update that variable to a time in the
 * future.
 */
function cron_example_cron() {
    // We access our configuration.
    $cron_config = \Drupal::config('cron_example.settings');
    // Default to an hourly interval. Of course, cron has to be running at least
    // hourly for this to work.
    $interval = $cron_config->get('interval');
    $interval = !empty($interval) ? $interval : 3600;
    // We usually don't want to act every time cron runs (which could be every
    // minute) so keep a time for the next run in the site state.
    $next_execution = \Drupal::state()->get('cron_example.next_execution', 0);
    $request_time = \Drupal::time()->getRequestTime();
    if ($request_time >= $next_execution) {
        // This is a silly example of a cron job.
        // It just makes it obvious that the job has run without
        // making any changes to your database.
        \Drupal::logger('cron_example')->notice('cron_example ran');
        if (\Drupal::state()->get('cron_example_show_status_message')) {
            \Drupal::messenger()->addMessage(t('cron_example executed at %time', [
                '%time' => date('c'),
            ]));
            \Drupal::state()->set('cron_example_show_status_message', FALSE);
        }
        \Drupal::state()->set('cron_example.next_execution', $request_time + $interval);
    }
}

/**
 * @} End of "defgroup cron_example".
 */

Functions

Title Deprecated Summary
cron_example_cron Implements hook_cron().