[TYPO3-dev] HowTo: Running a cronscript using TYPO3 with CLI

[Ansgar Brauner]

Steffen Kamper schrieb:
> Hi Steffen,
> 
> it's very easy, here is a very very basic one
> ===============================
> create BE user _cli_cronjob
> 
> in ext_localconf.php:
> //register key for cli
> $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SC_OPTIONS']['GLOBAL']['cliKeys']['mycliscript']= 
> array('EXT:myext/croncli.php','_CLI_cronjob');
> 
> the croncli.php:
> 
> if (!defined('TYPO3_cliMode')) die('You cannot run this script directly!');
> 
> require_once(PATH_t3lib.'class.t3lib_cli.php');
> 
> class tx_myjobs extends t3lib_cli {
> 
>  function main($argv) {
>   $args = $this->cli_getArgArray('-f',$argv);
>   print_r($args);
>  }
> }
> 
>  // Call the functionality
> $myObj = t3lib_div::makeInstance('tx_myjobs');
> $myObj->main($_SERVER["argv"]);
> ===============================
> 
> then call it on console:
> /var/www/.../typo3/cli_dispatch.phpsh mycliscript -f hello
> 
> works.


Guys, you made my day!!!

After searching half of the day for information about the CLI i found
your thread with this easy but excellent example.

Now i can start coding my scripts.

Thanks a lot!

regards

Ansgar