How to run cron job with zend framework 2 - php

Question

I have application built in Zend Framework 2. I would like to set cron job for updating my products. I know scripts such as this should be run from outside of public folder, but unfortunately my script in cron needs to use framework files.
How can I do this?
The only way I figured out is to run script from outside of public folder then add some hash or password and redirect to
www.domain.com/cron/test
So I will have all framework functionality.
Will it be secure? Maybe there is a other way?

Answer 1

I strongly recommend to use CLI for such requirement.
Create a ConsoleController with an updateAction() inside the application module.
Add a console route to your application module's module.config.php:
array(
'router' => array(
'routes' => array(
...
)
),
'console' => array(
'router' => array(
'routes' => array(
'cronroute' => array(
'options' => array(
'route' => 'updateproducts',
'defaults' => array(
'controller' => 'Application\Controller\Console',
'action' => 'update'
)
)
)
)
)
)
);
Now open the terminal and
$ cd /path/to/your/project
$ php public/index.php updateproducts
Thats all. Hope it helps.

Answer 2

I found the solution at collabnet (Which is now dead).
I am copying the solution here as ColabEdit sometimes removes posts:
<?php
/*
Cron directory setup:
Cron
config
module.config.php
src
Cron
Controller
IndexController.php
autoload_classmap.php
Module.php
NOTES: Remember to include the Cron module in the main config file (trunk/config/application.config.php)
Once you have the route in place, write your cron and call it from your webhost cron manager.
*/
// Cron/config/module.config.php
return array(
// Placeholder for console routes
'controllers' => array(
'invokables' => array(
'Cron\Controller\IndexController' => 'Cron\Controller\IndexController'
),
),
'console' => array(
'router' => array(
'routes' => array(
//CRON RESULTS SCRAPER
'my-first-route' => array(
'type' => 'simple', // <- simple route is created by default, we can skip that
'options' => array(
'route' => 'hello',
'defaults' => array(
'controller' => 'Cron\Controller\IndexController',
'action' => 'index'
)
)
)
),
),
),
);
<?php
// Cron/src/Cron/Controller/IndexController.php
namespace Cron\Controller;
use Zend\Mvc\Controller\AbstractActionController;
class IndexController extends AbstractActionControlle
{
public function indexAction()
{
echo "hello";
echo "\r\n";
}
}
From the console navigate to trunk (or public_html) (the directory before public) and run:
path/to/trunk>php public/index.php hello
hello
path/to/trunk>