cron job with CakePHP

Question

I have referred http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/calling-controller-actions-from-cron-and-the-command-line and created cron_dispatcher.php and placed it in the app folder.

I have return some test email function for the cron job to run in my users controller's test method.

And i have created a Cron job in my web server's control panel like

"/usr/bin/php/home4/enventur/public_html/pennystock/cron_dispatcher.php /users/test"

But its giving me an error as "No input file specified."

Please help me, how to solve it ??

Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

I have done it in different way,

Please see the steps, it may helpful for others..

Cron/Shell Using Cakephp Framework Structure:

1. create

   F:websitesprojectnameappvendorsshellsfilename.php

   class ClassName extends Shell {
       //var $uses = array('Post'); //name of Model
   
       //Main function runs always when shell executes
       function main() {
           mail("[email protected]","Test","Test");
       }
   }
   

2.set 754 permission to F:websitesprojectnamecakeconsolecake

3. Set cron job as /home4/enventur/public_html/pennystock/cake/console/cake -app "/home4/enventur/public_html/pennystock/app" ClassName >/dev/null 2>&1

   /dev/null 2>&1: for Suppressing warning/error/msg from server

Thank you Nidhin