Setup the Flarum scheduler using cron

datitisev fof/drafts does use the Flarum scheduling system, which requires cron (or some other system) to be set up to run the schedule:run command.

datitisev The draft autosave is done on the client side (i.e. browser) and so has nothing to do with cron.

What exactly does drafts do in the background (on the server side) if drafts autosave is controlled by the client?

Will it be enough to trigger the scheduler every 3 hours, because every minute sounds a little bit like an overkill to me?

* */3 * * * cd /path-to-your-project && php flarum schedule:run

datitisev drafts does have its schedule run every minute

Okay, I understand what those scheduled drafts are, now. I am not a fan of it and will deactivate them again and I don't understand why something like this should be useful in a discussion forum? And in many cases, if I don't understand something, I ban it from my life... or at least from my forum.

Thanks for the good explanation and help

IanM
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Are there other things Flarum does with the cronjob, except of the extensions listed above? Like time based suspension of users?

maxmoon time based suspension of users

This features does not use the scheduler, the date of suspension end is simply checked every time the user tries to perform an action.

If you are trying to list every extension that uses a scheduled command, there's at least one more, my Popular Discussion Badge extension https://discuss.flarum.org/d/24490-popular-discussion-badge but it's an optional feature.

IanM Do we still need to run it if we have redis and Redis sessions, cache & queues Installed?

HD3D yes, the scheduler is an independent functionality to the queue. If any extensions are using the scheduler, it should be set up to run.

xasharma Hey @IanM @everyone_ ... Help

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If you're having trouble configuring a cronjob, you can use systemd.timer, which is a bit more straightforward, or use a looping script:

#!/bin/bash
while true; do
    cd <path_to_flarum_dir> && php flarum schedule:run
    sleep 60
done

Ideally in a container.

Prcek Sorry I am begineer , Please guide, I am using cpnael.

By the way, I see that cPanel has a nice GUI for cron jobs. So it can't be a problem to click it.

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/cpanel/cpanel_cron_jobs.htm

Prcek Thanks for the help

cmsoc you are confusing shell commands and PHP code.

The Flarum scheduler is only meant to be called directly from the CRON configuration. If you need to call a Flarum command from another PHP script you need to either start it as a shell subprocess or import, boot Flarum code then create and dispatch the Symfony command in application.

If you are trying to work around some limitation by your host, please describe your situation in more details so we can understand what you are trying to do.

cmsoc

flarum is the php cmd you want to run, so you could point to it directly however I think when it comes to the scheduler there is a limitation where it must be executed from the directory where flarum resides which may or may not be an issue for your host.

So you could try pointing it directly at flarum, which is a php file itself

$ head flarum
#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php

/*
 * This file is part of Flarum.
 *
 * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
 * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
 */

Scheduled command: flarum schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

But if that doesn't work, you could try the shell_exec method from your own php script.

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php

<?php
$output = shell_exec('cd /path/to/directory && flarum schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1');
?>

l using Cpanel l add commands with CronJobs but not active this function.

l add command all version but not working Please help