Laravel scheduler does not respect the time set

I have a helper containing the function removeOldMessages() and a job scheduled for 2 am everyday as below in the Kernel.php

$schedule->call(removeOldMessages())->cron('0 2 * * *')->name('removeoldmessages')->withoutOverlapping()->onOneServer();

The function removeOldMessages() writes to the log so I can see the results. The issue is that the job runs every time the cronjob triggers that is every half an hour (Im on shared hosting). That is the scheduler does not respect the timing. Am I doing something wrong here?

Here is what I set into the cronjob in Cpanel

cd xxxx/laravel && /usr/local/bin/php -d register_argc_argv=On artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Snapey

5 years ago

Best Answer

Level 122

What doesRemoveOldMessages look like?

call is expecting it to be an invokable class or a closure

Try it like this instead

$schedule->call(function() {
	    removeOldMessages();
    })
    ->cron('0 2 * * *')
    ->name('removeoldmessages')
    ->withoutOverlapping()
    ->onOneServer();

1 like

hameti

5 years ago

Level 1

doesRemoveOldMessages() is a function that returns true if successful and false otherwise

Snapey

5 years ago

Level 122

Did you try it?

hameti

5 years ago

Level 1

I guess your solution worked, hooray!

I will mark your reply as the answer and come back to you if the issue persists.

Thanks a lot

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