I think that my blog will help you answer your question. Please see the below or link: Laravel Crontab
In many projects, you need use crontab (cron jobs) to execute some tasks as sending email or delete waste record in DB. With Laravel Project, you can do this easier.
Create a command in Laravel 4:
<?php
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
class FirstCommand extends Command {
/**
* The console command name.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $name = 'user:active';
/**
* The console command description.
*
* @var string
*/
protected $description = 'Command description.';
/**
* Create a new command instance.
*
* @return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
parent::__construct();
}
/**
* Execute the console command.
*
* @return mixed
*/
public function fire()
{
echo "User Actived";
}
/**
* Get the console command arguments.
*
* @return array
*/
protected function getArguments()
{
return array(
);
}
/**
* Get the console command options.
*
* @return array
*/
protected function getOptions()
{
return array(
array('example', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'An example option.', null),
);
}
}
Next step, you need to register the command with Laravel CLI. So easy, you open app/start/artisan.php file, and add one line as below:
Artisan::add(new FirstCommand);
You are done creating Laravel Command. To test, you could use command below:
$ php artisan user:active
User Active
The output above mean you successfully register a command.
Finally, put your command into the crontab:
crontab -e
Add line (run command every 2 minutes):
*/2 * * * * php path_to_laravel_project/artisan user:active
That’s all. Thank you for talking time to read this.