How to trigger cron manually using URL?

[joshshoestring]

Hello there,

I have some PHP cron which I want to trigger manually via URL. I will assign this URL to a button link on the frontend. May I know the URL format to do so?

Thank you!

 

[troester]

http://fabrikar.com/forums/index.php?wiki/scheduled-tasks/#log

 

[joshshoestring]

Hi troester,

I think you are referring me to ...
"Require query string - if set to yes then the plugin will only run if the page's URL contains the querystring 'fabrik_cron=1'. Useful to stop processor intensive queries running when a browser requests a page, whilst still allowing server cron jobs to run using wget with &fabrik_cron=1 applied to the url. The simplest way to call this is: 'wget http://yoursite.com/index.php?fabrik_cron=1' or, for systems without wget, 'curl -s http://yoursite.com/index.php?fabrik_cron=1'."

I have several cron task... how do I put in the URL the specific cron task i.e. cron ID no?

 

[troester]

You can't trigger a single cron task (only in the backend with manual run).
You can create a form with a form php plugin instead a cron task.

 

[joshshoestring]

I need to create a page whereby there are display title, text and several buttons. Each buttons has it's own PHP script. How can I do that with Fabrik?

 

[troester]

You can add one php script and switch depending on the selection.

 

[joshshoestring]

Ok... how to capture if it's button1, button2, etc? I guess the code should be in 'onAfterProcess' ? And how to echo on the screen after my PHP switch?

Also, how do I alter the message
"Message
Record added/updated"

Please excuse me... I'm really new at this