Run an Laravel Schedule every minute?

Question

I’m using the Laravel 5.3 and would like to perform a task every minute, within the task I will put some checks, the question is to make it run every minute.

I did the following in the Kernel App:

protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
    {
        // $schedule->command('inspire')
        //          ->hourly();

        $schedule->call(function () {
            return redirect('/contas');
        })->everyMinute();
    }

To create the cron executed:

php /app/console/Kernel.php schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

But nothing happens. I need to do something else to make it work?

Answer 1

Log into the server with user permissions to create schedules. For this you can use SSH (console) or use resources of management tools of websites like Plesk, Cpnel, etc.

Via console (SSH), after logging in, run

crontab -e

This will open the logged-in user’s scheduling file.

For your case, you should create a schedule that runs every minute. Add something like this:

1 * * * * php /caminho/completo/do/script.php

_{To start editing, press the "I" key. It depends on the linux distribution and text editor.}

Save the file change

(pressione) ESC
(digite) :wq
(pressione) ENTER

_{The letters wq mean "wRite" and "quit".}

To make sure it’s even scheduled, run

crontab -l

A schedule list will be displayed.

However, this still does not guarantee much. If there is an error in the file path or the file script fails, you will not be able to know if there is no log, monitoring, etc.

To see if the path is correct, run on the console

php /caminho/completo/do/script.php

And see what happens. To test, put a echo time(); at the end or put a mail() to send an email, file_put_contents() to create a file, anyway. Invent whatever is convenient for testing.

Using a manager like Plesk, Cpanel, etc, you will have a page to create schedules in a friendlier way without using a console.

Usually just type the same command

1 * * * * php /caminho/completo/do/script.php

In Cpanel it is similar to this. The images are illustrative.