Controller action as a cron job phalcon - php

Question

I need to run a cron job to do a sql query and save the data in the database every 24 hours.
I have a controller called GetproductsController.php and the method I have to execute is indexAction()
I've tried to do it this way:
5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55,59 * * * * /usr/bin/curl --silent http://localhost:8080/myproject/getproducts/index
But I don´t know how to do it, If anyone knows how I can do it, I would appreciate it.
Regard!

Answer 1

You need to create a cli bootstrap for your project.
Default application class for web applications is \Phalcon\Mvc\Application. Instead, you should use \Phalcon\Cli\Console for cli applications.
Default DI class for web applications is \Phalcon\Di\FactoryDefault. Instead, you should use \Phalcon\Di\FactoryDefault\Cli for cli applications.
Default Dispatcher class for web applications is Phalcon\Mvc\Dispatcher. Instead you should use Phalcon\Cli\Dispatcher for cli applications.
Default Router class for web applications is Phalcon\Mvc\Router. Instead you should use Phalcon\Cli\Router for cli applications.
Please note that the classes that I've mentioned are for Phalcon 2.0. I'm not sure if they are the same for Phalcon 3.
Here is the documentation for cli applications in phalcon.
You can use the same config file with a few if statements. For example :
if (php_sapi_name() == "cli") {
$di = new Phalcon\Di\FactoryDefault\Cli();
} else {
$di = new Phalcon\Di\FactoryDefault();
}
if (php_sapi_name() === "cli") {
$di->set('dispatcher', function() {
$dispatcher = new Phalcon\CLI\Dispatcher();
$dispatcher->setDefaultNamespace('Project\\Tasks');
return $dispatcher;
});
} else {
$di->set('dispatcher', function() {
$dispatcher = new Phalcon\Mvc\Dispatcher();
$dispatcher->setDefaultNamespace('Project\\Controllers');
return $dispatcher;
});
}
You might be able to use controller classes with cli routing. But I would recommend using independent tasks.
After creating cli bootstrap file (let's call it cli.php) you can add shebang for php #!/usr/bin/env php and make that file executable. Then you can run your tasks as cli.php {taskname}

Answer 2

It doesn't seem like what you want to do is possible (calling a controller method from the cron). Personally, I would try to use the Phalcon CLI from their documentation: https://docs.phalconphp.com/en/latest/reference/cli.html
curl is another option. For that, first determine where curl is located on your server with:
which curl
The result of this command will be a path on the filesystem such as /usr/bin/curl. Use that result in the place of [path to curl] in the cron command below.
you would do:
59 23 * * * [path to curl] --silent https://mypage/getproducts/index &>/dev/null