laravel-task-scheduling

Task Scheduling

Defining Schedules in routes/console.php

<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schedule;

// Schedule an Artisan command
Schedule::command('reports:generate')->daily();

// Schedule a job
Schedule::job(new ProcessDailyMetrics)->dailyAt('01:00');

// Schedule a closure
Schedule::call(function () {
    Cache::flush();
})->weekly();

// Schedule a shell command
Schedule::exec('node /home/forge/script.js')->daily();

Schedule Types

Artisan Commands

// With arguments and options
Schedule::command('emails:send', ['--force'])->daily();
Schedule::command('reports:generate --type=weekly')->sundays();

// Using command class
Schedule::command(SendEmailsCommand::class, ['--force'])->daily();

Queued Jobs

// Dispatch a job
Schedule::job(new CleanUpExpiredTokens)->daily();

// Dispatch to a specific queue and connection
Schedule::job(new ProcessAnalytics, 'analytics', 'redis')->hourly();

Closures

Schedule::call(function () {
    DB::table('sessions')
        ->where('last_activity', '<', now()->subHours(24))
        ->delete();
})->hourly()->description('Clean expired sessions');

Shell Commands

Schedule::exec('pg_dump mydb > /backups/db.sql')->daily();

Frequency Methods

// Common frequencies
Schedule::command('task')->everyMinute();
Schedule::command('task')->everyTwoMinutes();
Schedule::command('task')->everyFiveMinutes();
Schedule::command('task')->everyTenMinutes();
Schedule::command('task')->everyFifteenMinutes();
Schedule::command('task')->everyThirtyMinutes();
Schedule::command('task')->hourly();
Schedule::command('task')->hourlyAt(17);            // At :17 past each hour
Schedule::command('task')->everyOddHour();
Schedule::command('task')->everyTwoHours();
Schedule::command('task')->everyThreeHours();
Schedule::command('task')->everyFourHours();
Schedule::command('task')->everySixHours();
Schedule::command('task')->daily();
Schedule::command('task')->dailyAt('13:00');
Schedule::command('task')->twiceDaily(1, 13);       // At 1:00 and 13:00
Schedule::command('task')->twiceDailyAt(1, 13, 15); // At 1:15 and 13:15
Schedule::command('task')->weekly();
Schedule::command('task')->weeklyOn(1, '8:00');     // Monday at 8:00
Schedule::command('task')->monthly();
Schedule::command('task')->monthlyOn(4, '15:00');   // 4th of month at 15:00
Schedule::command('task')->twiceMonthly(1, 16);     // 1st and 16th
Schedule::command('task')->lastDayOfMonth('17:00');
Schedule::command('task')->quarterly();
Schedule::command('task')->quarterlyOn(4, '14:00'); // 4th day of quarter
Schedule::command('task')->yearly();
Schedule::command('task')->yearlyOn(6, 1, '17:00'); // June 1st at 17:00

// Cron expression
Schedule::command('task')->cron('0 */6 * * *');     // Every 6 hours