Web Cronjobs

Database Settings

First of all you need to configure MySQL database credentials. To do this open ~root/protected/config/db.php and set up database settings.

<?php
return [
    'class' => 'yii\db\Connection',
    'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=webcron',
    'username' => 'my-user-name',
    'password' => 'my-password',
    'charset' => 'utf8',
    'tablePrefix'=>'webcron_',
    'enableSchemaCache'=>true,
    'schemaCacheDuration'=>60*60*24*30,
];

If you need to specify database port, use following construction:

'dsn' => 'mysql:host=localhost;dbname=webcron;port=3306',

You need to replace highlighted words with your own data:

Email client

Next you need to configure email client.  Emails are sent using SwiftMailer extension. Email configuration file is ~root/protected/config/mailer.php

Example of SMTP via SSL encryption.

<?php
return [
    'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
    'viewPath' => '@app/mail',
    'transport' => [
        'class' => 'Swift_SmtpTransport',
        'host' => 'mail.example.com', // Replace with your mail server host
        'username' => 'my-username@example.com', // Replace with your own user name
        'password' => 'my-password', // Replace with your own user password
        'port' => '465',
        'encryption' => 'ssl',
    ],
];

Example of SMTP via TLS encryption.

<?php
return [
    'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
    'viewPath' => '@app/mail',
    'transport' => [
        'class' => 'Swift_SmtpTransport',
        'host' => 'mail.example.com', // Replace with your mail server host
        'username' => 'my-username@example.com', // Replace with your own user name
        'password' => 'my-password', // Replace with your own user password
        'port' => '587',
        'encryption' => 'tls',
    ],
];

Example of SMTP without encryption.

<?php
return [
    'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
    'viewPath' => '@app/mail',
    'transport' => [
        'class' => 'Swift_SmtpTransport',
        'host' => 'mail.example.com', // Replace with your mail server host
        'username' => 'my-username@example.com', // Replace with your own user name
        'password' => 'my-password', // Replace with your own user password
        'port' => '25',
    ],
];

Example of Sendmail

<?php
return [
    'class' => 'yii\swiftmailer\Mailer',
    'viewPath' => '@app/mail',
    'transport' => [
        'class' => 'Swift_SendmailTransport',
    ],
];

Cron Job

Since this is not native linux (or windows) cron job system we need to set up custom handler to handle all our cronjobs created via web interface.

The following command should be used: * * * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/web/root/protected/yii exec >/dev/null 2>&1

Note! There is special script that could help you build properly command. Run in a browser: http://place-where-you-installed-script.com/command.php

Below you can find tutorials how to setup cron job in cPanel, Plesk and on *nix platform.

HTTP Cron jobs handler

It may happen that your hosting provider doesn't support periodical cron tasks or the minimum interval is more than one minute. In this way you could try to create account in 3rd party service and call specified URL to trigger handler of all your cron tasks. To make HTTP cron jobs handler work you need to specify secret key in config file. Open ~root/protected/config/params.php and set webHandlerKey. For example:

'webHandlerKey'=>'my-very-very-secret-key',

Application parameters

Next we must configure some important application parameters. All parameters are stored in ~root/protected/config/params.php file. Here is the following list of parameters that you have to change:

cURL Parameters

PHP cURL extension is used to trigger URLs. There is special config file where you can define default request options, for example: user agent, timeout and etc. The file path is: ~root/protected/config/curl.php.
Here you can find all options that support cURL.

Logging in

The configuration process has been finished. Next you need to log in. Admin has following default credentials:

Login: admin
Password: admin

Don't forget to change password and user email.

UPDATE `webcron_user` SET password = '$2y$13$7MNJvemLPJaBa8BDSGFd6urz5.6A7tn3NyZ1VVeZfgi0lIRj.CqXW' WHERE id = 1;

What cron expressions support this app?

Web Cronjobs supports all cron expressions that you can find in general Linux Cron implementations + additional syntax of "last {dayOfWeek} of the (X) month" and "static date".
Here you can find a list of examples. Username and password is codecanyon

How to change password?

To change password click on Account settings and choose Change Password from expanded list.

How to change email?

To change password click on Account settings and choose Profile Settings from expanded list.

How to change timezone?

To change password click on Account settings and choose Account Settings from expanded list.

How to localize app?

All translations are stored in ~root/protected/messages/ directory.

Below you will find instruction how to create new translation.

1 Step.

Let's create German translation. Open ~root/protected/messages/ directory and create new directory, in our case it's de-DE: ~root/protected/messages/de-DE

2 Step.

Copy all files from ~root/protected/messages/en-US/ to ~root/protected/messages/de-DE/ open them and translate.

3 Step.

Add new key=>value pair into ~root/protected/config/params.php

'languages'=>[
	'en-US'=>'English',
	'ru-RU'=>'Русский',
	'de-DE'=>'Deutsch',
],