By z.b.q on

Hi All,

I create a module to invoke the drupal cron hook, but if then, it will use the drupal cron settings. Is there any way to invoke a cron job with my own settings? I want this module to check the data in database, so I think it is better if it is a module (because we can invoke the db api very easy in a module).

So my purpose is let the drupal cron run one time per hour, and let my custom crons one time per day.
Any suggestion is welcome.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

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jaypan’s picture

jaypan
Location Victoria, BC
commented

Yes and no. You have to set cron to run once per hour, but you can set a variable in your hook_cron() so that your own hook only executes once a day:

function my_module_cron()
{
  $last_run = variable_get('my_module_last_cron_run', 0);
  if(time() - $last_run > 86400) // this conditional will only execute if it has been more than one day since your last cron run
  {
    variable_set('my_module_last_cron_run', time());
    // do your cron stuff here
  }
}

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z.b.q’s picture

z.b.q commented

Thank you very much.