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  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 3.10.x will end 8 November 2021 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 3.10.x will end 9 May 2022 (18 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.2.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 3.8. PHP 7.3.x and 7.4.x are supported too.
/admin/ -> cron.php (source)
<?php
<
// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/ // // Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify // it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by // the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or // (at your option) any later version. // // Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the // GNU General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License // along with Moodle. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. /** * Web cron * * This script looks through all the module directories for cron.php files * and runs them. These files can contain cleanup functions, email functions * or anything that needs to be run on a regular basis. * * This file is best run from cron on the host system (ie outside PHP). * It is strongly recommended to add password protection via admin settings. * * eg wget -q -O /dev/null 'http: *moodle.somewhere.edu/admin/cron.php?password=SeCreT666' * * It is also possible to use CLI script admin/cli/cron.php instead, * you can not call this script from command line any more. * * @package core * @subpackage admin * @copyright 1999 onwards Martin Dougiamas http://dougiamas.com * @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later */
> // phpcs:ignoreFile moodle.Files.MoodleInternal.MoodleInternalGlobalState
if (defined('STDIN')) { fwrite(STDERR, "ERROR: This script no longer supports CLI, please use admin/cli/cron.php instead\n"); exit(1); } // This is a fake CLI script, it is a really ugly hack which emulates // CLI via web interface, please do not use this hack elsewhere define('CLI_SCRIPT', true); define('WEB_CRON_EMULATED_CLI', 'defined'); // ugly ugly hack, do not use elsewhere please define('NO_OUTPUT_BUFFERING', true); require('../config.php'); require_once($CFG->libdir.'/clilib.php');
< require_once($CFG->libdir.'/cronlib.php');
// extra safety \core\session\manager::write_close(); // check if execution allowed if (!empty($CFG->cronclionly)) { // This script can only be run via the cli.
< print_error('cronerrorclionly', 'admin');
> throw new \moodle_exception('cronerrorclionly', 'admin');
exit; } // This script is being called via the web, so check the password if there is one. if (!empty($CFG->cronremotepassword)) { $pass = optional_param('password', '', PARAM_RAW); if ($pass != $CFG->cronremotepassword) { // wrong password.
< print_error('cronerrorpassword', 'admin');
> throw new \moodle_exception('cronerrorpassword', 'admin');
exit; } }
< // send mime type and encoding
> // Send mime type and encoding.
@header('Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8');
< // we do not want html markup in emulated CLI
> // We do not want html markup in emulated CLI.
@ini_set('html_errors', 'off');
< // execute the cron < cron_run();
> // Execute the cron, disabling keepalive. > \core\cron::run_main_process(0);