JPrc Cronjobs

JPrc Cron is a Joomla package (a component and a plugin) for Cron Jobs Management and Scheduling.

jprc-cronjobsIts purpose is to simulate cron jobs through Joomla front end interface at preset periods of time for users who either don't have access to the server crontab/cPanel or don't want to use it for any purpose.

It is launched at the preset time only if your site gets visits in place. Each time a user or spider accesses your public site you will have the cron running. Eg if you set 3:00am, it might run 3:10am (according your site traffic).

If you need a solution to run, even if there's no visit, you need a server side solution to run within regular and fixed periods of time.

*** This software is a based in venerable JCron, updated for Joomla! 2.5 and 3.0 ***

Installation & Upgrading

Download/Donate

Please, install it using the default Joomla procedure.

Note: to execute the cron jobs, it uses the PHP exec() function, so your provider must have it enabled to run a command. In the other hand, you can also work only calling Urls.

Please, remember to enable the plugin. After that, you can create your first Job.

Configuration

These are the Job parameters:

  • Task name
  • Task types: SSH Command / Web Address fopen() Web Address fsockopen() / Plugin / Curl - Experimental
  • Command to Run
  • Run at: Minute(s)/ Hour(s)/ Day(s)/ Months(s)/ Weekday(s)
  • UNIX Crontab
  • Published
  • Enable logs
  • Last Run Time
  • Last Run Log Text

These are the Component parameters:

  • Enable CRON RUN
  • Send Cron Logs to Email
  • Activate Email Logs
  • Enable Database Logs

About Backup Usage - Experimental

The Curl method is not ready for production usage to create backups:

  • A backup can take anywhere from 10 seconds to 10 hours, beyond the usual Apache 5' session.
  • The page load will be delayed for that long when the plugin is running.
  • Relying on site access to run the backup is extremely dangerous and consistently leads to corrupt backup archives, inconsistent database backups or even ever-looping backup jobs

Reference: Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos, feedback.

Support

    Updates

    • Updates in 3.1.0 - Support for Curl Urls - Experimental.
    • Updates in 3.0.1 - Revision for Joomla 2.5/3.0, and Framework on Framework (FOF) v2
    • Updates in 2.2.1 - Expressions /n fix
    • Updates in 2.2 - Joomla 2.5 JForms and Categories
    • Updates in 2.1 - full review for Joomla 2.5 (bug fixed in the table creation Type ISAM x Engine)
    • Updates in 1.0 - initial release with a basic port

    Recommended versions

    • Joomla! 2.5, Joomla! 3.0, or superior

    If you need a Joomla 1.5 version, please visit JCron.


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