Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of Drupal HowTo Write Cron Tasks for CiviCRM

Timestamp:

06/02/14 09:13:23 (10 years ago)

Author:

Richard Bramley

Comment:

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Drupal HowTo Write Cron Tasks for CiviCRM

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+Things to note are:
+* The job name and frequency parameters for the constructor are optional and are only used if the helper is being used to check if the job is due.
+* The variable get for the frequency uses a default value from the constants defined in the !CronHelper class.
+* The start() method should be called before any processing occurs.
+* The end() method should *always* be called after processing.  Therefore, in the example all processing is placed in a try block with the end() method called from the matching finally block.