12 October, 2020
Create and test a custom cron job in magento
Luigi Laezza
Web Development
During one of my latest Magento projects I had to create custom cron jobs, so I decided to write a small how-to guide, that might help you do the same.
FIRST OFF YOU WILL NEED A NEW CUSTOM BUNDLE.
In app/etc/modules/New_Module.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<modules>
<New_Module>
<active>true</active>
<codePool>local</codePool>
</New_Module>
</modules>
</config>In app/code/local/New/Module/etc
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
<modules>
<New_Module>
<version>0.0.1</version>
</New_Module>
</modules>
<global>
<models>
<new_module>
<class>New_Module_Model</class>
</new_module>
</models>
</global>
<crontab>
<jobs>
<new_module>
<schedule><cron_expr>*/1 * * * *</cron_expr></schedule>
<run><model>new_module/observer::test</model></run>
</new_module>
</jobs>
</crontab>
</config>Please note that the model tag is the same used in the run/model tag in the crontab job.
For this example, the job will be run every minute.
As a reference, this is the syntax of the cron_expr:
- Minute: */5
- Hour: *
- Day of the Month: *
- Month: *
- Day of the Week: *
In app/code/local/New/Module/Model/Observer.php
class New_Module_Model_Observer
{
public function test()
{
//Do something amazing
return $this;
}
}THAT’S ALL, NOW TO TEST:
1) Refresh the cache
2) Delete everything in the cron_schedule table.
3) Run the following command to schedule all the jobs, you will notice that the cron_schedule table will be filled with some entries, you should also see the entry new_module .
2) Delete everything in the cron_schedule table.
3) Run the following command to schedule all the jobs, you will notice that the cron_schedule table will be filled with some entries, you should also see the entry new_module .
php -q path/to/my/magento/root/cron.php
4) Run it again and your cron job will be executed.
