cronjob in codeigniter using cpanel
My website hosting server is hostmonster.com.
My application uses codeigniter framework.
I have a code which sends emails to my users and I want to make it automatic.
I have used the cpanel of the hosting service and I tried to give the command as
php -q www.mysite.com/admin admin sendDailyEmail
my controller is admin and the method is sendDailyEmail and the controller is present inside the application/controllers/admin folder.
I have also set a reminder email to me whenever the cronjob is run.
The email subject reads
Cron php -q /home1/username/public_html/admin admin sendDailyEmail
and the body says
No input file specified
Where do I go wrong.
I have never run cronjobs and this is my first time. I am no good in giving command line instuctions too.
My admin sendDailyEmail code is as follows
function sendDailyEmail() {
$data = $this->admin_model->getDailyData();
foreach ($data as $u) {
if($u->Daily){
//if(!$u->Amount){
if ($u->Email=='[email protected]') {
$user['user_data']['FirstName'] = $u->FirstName;
$user['user_data']['LastName'] = $u->LastName;
$user['user_data']['Id']=$u->Id;
$this->email->clear();
$this->email->to($u->Email);
$this->email->from('[email protected]', 'MySite');
$this->email->subject("My Subject");
$msg = $this->load->view('emails/daily_view', $user, true);
$this->email->message($msg);
if ($this->email->send())
$data['message'] = "Daily Emails has been sent successfully";
else
$data['message'] = "Daily Emails Sending Failed";
}
}
}
$data['main_content']['next_view'] = 'admin_home_view';
$this->load->view('includes/admin_template', $data);
}
Answer
You can use wget and set the time for whatever you like:
wget http://www.mysite.com/admin/sendDailyEmail
You can also use curl:
curl --silent http://www.mysite.com/admin/sendDailyEmail