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You could also
1) put the cron_dispatcher.php in a directory like /usr/local/bin, just make sure that the ROOT and APP_DIR constants are defined correctly.
2) pass an optional parameter as a password, like this:
php cron_dispatcher.php mysecretpassword /mailouts/send

then the code would become this:
[code php] define('MY_SECRET_PASSWORD','mysecretpassword');
if(($argc == 3) && $argv[1] == MY_SECRET_PASSWORD) {
$Dispatcher= new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher->dispatch($argv[2]);
PS: i wouldn't replace *everything* below require CORE_PATH.'cake'.DS.'bootstrap.php';

this part still remains useful:
[code php] if (DEBUG) {
echo "";
}

I discovered some errors with loadController where it was not picking up my app directory (in 1.1.11) so i added an extra define and fixed he args:

require CORE_PATH . 'cake' . DS . 'bootstrap.php';
define ('APP', ROOT.DS.APP_DIR.DS.'app'.DS);
define('CRON_PASS','bjsf');
/**
* Call dispatcher
**/
if(($argc == 3) && $argv[1] == CRON_PASS) {
$Dispatcher= new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher->dispatch($argv[2]);
}

if (Configure::read() > 0) {
echo "";
}


usage is the same:
php cron_dispatcher.php bjsf /workflows/check_timed_events

Another way of securing the cron dispatcher that doesn't require a seperate file is to call php_sapi_name inside the index.php inside webroot - something like this :

if (isset($_GET['url']) && $_GET['url'] === 'favicon.ico') {
}
elseif(php_sapi_name() === "cli")
{
// this is a command line call - dispatch it with the argument
define('CRON_DISPATCHER',true);
$Dispatcher=new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher->dispatch($argv[2]);
}
else {
$Dispatcher=new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher->dispatch($url);
}

@Mark

I tried using your alternative way. I just added the else if condition in my webroot/index.php and using command line , I tried calling "php index.php controller/actions/parameter" -- also index.php recognizes it as a command line call, I am getting an error that FULL_BASE_URL is not defined. Below is the error message I am getting

Notice (8): Use of undefined constant FULL_BASE_URL - assumed 'FULL_BASE_URL' [CORE\cake\libs\router.php, line 569]

Context | Code$url = "/users/logout/?from=/"
$full = true
$_this = Router object
$params = array("plugin" => null, "controller" => "articles", "action" => "indexer", "pass" => array, "form" => array, "url" => array, "bare" => 0, "webservices" => null)
$defaults = array("plugin" => null, "controller" => null, "action" => "index")
$path = array("plugin" => null, "controller" => null, "action" => null, "base" => false, "here" => "//articles/indexer/1", "webroot" => "/", "passedArgs" => array, "argSeparator" => ":", "namedArgs" => array, "webservices" => null)
$base = false
$frag = null
$q = null
$mapped = null
$output = "/users/logout/?from=/"
$extension = null



            $output = str_replace('//', '/', $output);


        }


        if ($full) {


            $output = FULL_BASE_URL . $output;


        }




Router::url() - CORE\cake\libs\router.php, line 569
Controller::redirect() - CORE\cake\libs\controller\controller.php, line 499
AppController::redirect() - CORE\app\app_controller.php, line 75
othAuthComponent::redirect() - CORE\app\controllers\components\oth_auth.php, line 804
othAuthComponent::check() - CORE\app\controllers\components\oth_auth.php, line 923
AppController::beforeFilter() - CORE\app\app_controller.php, line 62
Dispatcher::start() - CORE\cake\dispatcher.php, line 380
Dispatcher::_invoke() - CORE\cake\dispatcher.php, line 334
Dispatcher::dispatch() - CORE\cake\dispatcher.php, line 323
[main] - CORE\app\webroot\index.php, line 88

the trick was to remove othAuth restriction on the controller function. Since the function won't be able through web anymore, the restriction didn't make much sense and was redirecting to a webpage.

Cheers :)
Ritesh

The steps above are not cut and paste - in case anyone thinks they are. The link below has a cut and paste example, which worked first time for me.

http://www.mail-archive.com/cake-php@googlegroups.com/msg29333.html

Works great for me in 1.2, just replace things below the include(...dispatcher.php) line. Didn't have to change paths using my production setup.

Thanks Matt!

...just replace things below the include(...dispatcher.php) line....
Can't update my comment at the moment for some reason, but replace after include(...bootstrap.php) in 1.2.

The path of my cron_dispatcher.php is in: /var/www/vhosts/ninthlink.com/httpdocs/pdf/pdfadmin/webroot/cron_dispatcher.php that looks like:
/* SVN FILE: $Id: index.php 7296 2008-06-27 09:09:03Z gwoo $ */
/**
* Short description for file.
*
* Long description for file
*
* PHP versions 4 and 5
*
* CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework
* Copyright 2005-2008, Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
* 1785 E. Sahara Avenue, Suite 490-204
* Las Vegas, Nevada 89104
*
* Licensed under The MIT License
* Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
*
* @filesource
* @copyright Copyright 2005-2008, Cake Software Foundation, Inc.
* @link http://www.cakefoundation.org/projects/info/cakephp CakePHP(tm) Project
* @package cake
* @subpackage cake.app.webroot
* @since CakePHP(tm) v 0.2.9
* @version $Revision: 7296 $
* @modifiedby $LastChangedBy: gwoo $
* @lastmodified $Date: 2008-06-27 02:09:03 -0700 (Fri, 27 Jun 2008) $
* @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php The MIT License
*/
/**
* Use the DS to separate the directories in other defines
*/
if (!defined(’DS’)) {
define(’DS’, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);
}
/**
* These defines should only be edited if you have cake installed in
* a directory layout other than the way it is distributed.
* When using custom settings be sure to use the DS and do not add a trailing DS.
*/

/**
* The full path to the directory which holds “app”, WITHOUT a trailing DS.
*
*/
if (!defined(’ROOT’)) {
define(’ROOT’, dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))));
}
/**
* The actual directory name for the “app”.
*
*/
if (!defined(’APP_DIR’)) {
define(’APP_DIR’, basename(dirname(dirname(__FILE__))));
}
/**
* The absolute path to the “cake” directory, WITHOUT a trailing DS.
*
*/
if (!defined(’CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH’)) {
define(’CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH’, ‘/usr/lib/cake’);
}

/**
* Editing below this line should not be necessary.
* Change at your own risk.
*
*/
if (!defined(’WEBROOT_DIR’)) {
define(’WEBROOT_DIR’, basename(dirname(__FILE__)));
}
if (!defined(’WWW_ROOT’)) {
define(’WWW_ROOT’, dirname(__FILE__) . DS);
}
if (!defined(’CORE_PATH’)) {
if (function_exists(’ini_set’) && ini_set(’include_path’, CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . PATH_SEPARATOR . ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS . PATH_SEPARATOR . ini_get(’include_path’))) {
define(’APP_PATH’, null);
define(’CORE_PATH’, null);
} else {
define(’APP_PATH’, ROOT . DS . APP_DIR . DS);
define(’CORE_PATH’, CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH . DS);
}
}
if (!include(CORE_PATH . ‘cake’ . DS . ‘bootstrap.php’)) {
trigger_error(”Can’t find CakePHP core. Check the value of CAKE_CORE_INCLUDE_PATH in app/webroot/index.php. It should point to the directory containing your ” . DS . “cake core directory and your ” . DS . “vendors root directory.”, E_USER_ERROR);
} else {
define(‘CRON_DISPATCHER’, true);
if($argc == 2) {
$Dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher -> dispatch($argv[1]);
}
}
if (isset($_GET['url']) && $_GET['url'] === ‘favicon.ico’) {
return;
} else {
$Dispatcher = new Dispatcher();
$Dispatcher->dispatch($url);
}
if (Configure::read() > 0) {
echo ““;
}
?>
I am in the folder: /var/www/vhosts/ninthlink.com/httpdocs/pdf/pdfadmin and on the command line I run:
php -q /var/www/vhosts/ninthlink.com/httpdocs/pdf/pdfadmin/webroot/cron_dispatcher.php /pdfs/hello

where my controller is pdfs_controller.php and the function I want to call is:
function hello()
{
die(’hello’);
}

But the output is empty:
[root@www pdfadmin]# php -q /var/www/vhosts/ninthlink.com/httpdocs/pdf/pdfadmin/webroot/cron_dispatcher.php /Pdfs/hello
[root@www pdfadmin]#

Please help!! Don’t know what I’m doing wrong. I’ve been looking everywhere but I can’t find out what the problem is. Thank you in advance.

Please read http://manual.cakephp.org/complete/108/The-CakePHP-Console for instructions on how to create a cron job in 1.2 without even touching the core files :).

Please read http://manual.cakephp.org/complete/108/The-CakePHP-Console for instructions on how to create a cron job in 1.2 without even touching the core files :).
I followed the exact steps in that tutorial; I created a simple report.php inside my /vendors/shells directory that looks like this:
class ReportShell extends Shell {
function main()
{
$this->out('hello');
}
}
?>
So when I run this report by executing this command:
[root@www shells]# cake report

I get the default output:
Welcome to CakePHP v1.2.0.7296 RC2 Console
---------------------------------------------------------------
Current Paths:
-app: shells
-working: /var/www/vhosts/ninthlink.com/httpdocs/pdf/pdfadmin/vendors/shells
-root: /var/www/vhosts/ninthlink.com/httpdocs/pdf/pdfadmin/vendors
-core: /usr/lib/cake/

Changing Paths:
your working path should be the same as your application path
to change your path use the '-app' param.
Example: -app relative/path/to/myapp or -app /absolute/path/to/myapp

Available Shells:

cake/console/libs/:
testsuite
api
acl
bake
schema
console
i18n

To run a command, type 'cake shell_name [args]'
To get help on a specific command, type 'cake shell_name help'

What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance.

The link above can now be found at http://book.cakephp.org/complete/108/The-CakePHP-Console

Instead of this in every controller method:


// Check the action is being invoked by the cron dispatcher
if (!defined('CRON_DISPATCHER')) {
  $this->redirect('/');
  exit();
}

I prefer this:


Cron::dispatch_required(); // disallow browser requests

To do this I just created a Cron component:


<?php

class CronComponent extends Object {  
  /**
   * Verify CakePHP was invoked by the cron dispatcher, or die.
   */ 
  function dispatch_required() {
    if (!defined('CRON_DISPATCHER')) {
      $this->redirect('/');
      exit();
    }    
  }
}

Hope this helps someone! :)

When I tried to run the cron dispatcher this way:


php cron_dispatcher.php /controller/action

I get the following error


Warning: include(/home/user/public_html/website/config/core.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/user/public_html/website/cake/libs/configure.php on line 648

Warning: include(): Failed opening '/home/user/public_html/website/config/core.php' for inclusion (include_path='/home/user/public_html:/home/user/public_html/website/:.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/user/public_html/website/cake/libs/configure.php on line 648

Fatal error: Can't find application core file. Please create /home/user/public_html/website/config/core.php, and make sure it is readable by PHP. in /home/user/public_html/website/cake/libs/configure.php on line 649

What other variable do I have to change?
My Cake Version is: 1.2.1.8004