Cron Job Alternative

Product Support
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Hi,



unfortunately I am not able to use cron which is mandatory as I understood:

https://github.com/mautic/documentation/tree/master/setup



Is there an alternative to the console to trigger the functions (e.g. via PHP get variables)?



Thank you,



Peter

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Hi,

unfortunately I am not able to use cron which is mandatory as I understood:
https://github.com/mautic/documentation/tree/master/setup

Is there an alternative to the console to trigger the functions (e.g. via PHP get variables)?

Thank you,

Peter

3

Afraid there isn’t. Is it that your host doesn’t allow Php directly from cron? Can you still execute a web script as a cron job? One user had the issue where the host required a Web accessible script for the cron job. But the host allowed system() so the user was able to wrap the commands in a simple php script.

Thanks,
Alan

4

https://www.easycron.com provides online cron job service. It’s an alternative to task scheduler(cron job) solution under Windows & Linux.

5

Hi @Agnon !

Are you (or anyone) using easycron.com with Mautic?

Due to limitations in shared hostings it’s impossible to execute this kind of cronjobs and I tried to use easycron.com but, if I’m not wrong, it’s mandatory to specify the path to a file containing a script.

Could you share with us an example of how you’re using easycron.com with Mautic?

It’s really awesome that we can use Mautic in low-requirement hostings, but I guess this issue is really a problem for marketers with basic programming skills.

Thanks!

6

Cron jobs are not the problem, there are services like the mentioned EasyCron e.g. The point is that I do not manage to trigger the console with parameters (like php /path/to/mautic/app/console mautic:leadlists:update --env=prod).

Peter