Search moodle.org's
Developer Documentation

See Release Notes
Long Term Support Release

  • Bug fixes for general core bugs in 4.1.x will end 13 November 2023 (12 months).
  • Bug fixes for security issues in 4.1.x will end 10 November 2025 (36 months).
  • PHP version: minimum PHP 7.4.0 Note: minimum PHP version has increased since Moodle 4.0. PHP 8.0.x is supported too.
<?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/>.

/**
 * Scheduled task class.
 *
 * @package    core
 * @copyright  2013 onwards Martin Dougiamas  http://dougiamas.com
 * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
 */
namespace core\task;

/**
 * Simple task to run cron for all plugins.
 * Note - this is only for plugins using the legacy cron method,
 * plugins can also now just add their own scheduled tasks which is the preferred method.
 * @deprecated since Moodle 3.9 MDL-52846. Please use new task API.
< * @todo MDL-61165 This will be deleted in Moodle 4.3
> * @todo MDL-61165 This will be deleted in Moodle 4.1
*/ class legacy_plugin_cron_task extends scheduled_task { /** * Get a descriptive name for this task (shown to admins). * * @return string */ public function get_name() { return get_string('tasklegacycron', 'admin'); } /** * Do the job. * Throw exceptions on errors (the job will be retried). */ public function execute() { global $CFG, $DB; $timenow = time(); // Run the auth cron, if any before enrolments // because it might add users that will be needed in enrol plugins. $auths = get_enabled_auth_plugins(); mtrace("Running auth crons if required..."); foreach ($auths as $auth) { $authplugin = get_auth_plugin($auth); if (method_exists($authplugin, 'cron')) { mtrace("Running cron for auth/$auth..."); $authplugin->cron(); debugging("Use of legacy cron is deprecated (auth/$auth). Please use scheduled tasks.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER); if (!empty($authplugin->log)) { mtrace($authplugin->log); } } unset($authplugin); } // It is very important to run enrol early // because other plugins depend on correct enrolment info. mtrace("Running enrol crons if required..."); $enrols = enrol_get_plugins(true); foreach ($enrols as $ename => $enrol) { // Do this for all plugins, disabled plugins might want to cleanup stuff such as roles. if (!$enrol->is_cron_required()) { continue; } mtrace("Running cron for enrol_$ename..."); $enrol->cron(); debugging("Use of legacy cron is deprecated (enrol_$ename). Please use scheduled tasks.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER); $enrol->set_config('lastcron', time()); } // Run all cron jobs for each module. mtrace("Starting activity modules"); if ($mods = $DB->get_records_select("modules", "cron > 0 AND ((? - lastcron) > cron) AND visible = 1", array($timenow))) { foreach ($mods as $mod) { $libfile = "$CFG->dirroot/mod/$mod->name/lib.php"; if (file_exists($libfile)) { include_once($libfile); $cronfunction = $mod->name."_cron"; if (function_exists($cronfunction)) { mtrace("Processing module function $cronfunction ...\n", ''); $predbqueries = null; $predbqueries = $DB->perf_get_queries(); $pretime = microtime(1); if ($cronfunction()) { debugging("Use of legacy cron is deprecated ($cronfunction). Please use scheduled tasks.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER); $DB->set_field("modules", "lastcron", $timenow, array("id" => $mod->id)); } if (isset($predbqueries)) { mtrace("... used " . ($DB->perf_get_queries() - $predbqueries) . " dbqueries"); mtrace("... used " . (microtime(1) - $pretime) . " seconds"); } // Reset possible changes by modules to time_limit. MDL-11597. \core_php_time_limit::raise(); mtrace("done."); } } } } mtrace("Finished activity modules"); mtrace("Starting blocks"); if ($blocks = $DB->get_records_select("block", "cron > 0 AND ((? - lastcron) > cron) AND visible = 1", array($timenow))) { // We will need the base class. require_once($CFG->dirroot.'/blocks/moodleblock.class.php'); foreach ($blocks as $block) { $blockfile = $CFG->dirroot.'/blocks/'.$block->name.'/block_'.$block->name.'.php'; if (file_exists($blockfile)) { require_once($blockfile); $classname = '\\block_'.$block->name; $blockobj = new $classname; if (method_exists($blockobj, 'cron')) { mtrace("Processing cron function for ".$block->name.'....', ''); if ($blockobj->cron()) { debugging("Use of legacy cron is deprecated ($classname::cron()). Please use scheduled tasks.", DEBUG_DEVELOPER); $DB->set_field('block', 'lastcron', $timenow, array('id' => $block->id)); } // Reset possible changes by blocks to time_limit. MDL-11597. \core_php_time_limit::raise(); mtrace('done.'); } } } } mtrace('Finished blocks'); mtrace('Starting admin reports'); cron_execute_plugin_type('report'); mtrace('Finished admin reports'); mtrace('Starting course reports'); cron_execute_plugin_type('coursereport'); mtrace('Finished course reports'); // Run gradebook import/export/report cron. mtrace('Starting gradebook plugins'); cron_execute_plugin_type('gradeimport'); cron_execute_plugin_type('gradeexport'); cron_execute_plugin_type('gradereport'); mtrace('Finished gradebook plugins'); // All other plugins. cron_execute_plugin_type('message', 'message plugins'); cron_execute_plugin_type('filter', 'filters'); cron_execute_plugin_type('editor', 'editors'); cron_execute_plugin_type('format', 'course formats'); cron_execute_plugin_type('profilefield', 'profile fields'); cron_execute_plugin_type('webservice', 'webservices'); cron_execute_plugin_type('repository', 'repository plugins'); cron_execute_plugin_type('qbehaviour', 'question behaviours'); cron_execute_plugin_type('qformat', 'question import/export formats'); cron_execute_plugin_type('qtype', 'question types'); cron_execute_plugin_type('plagiarism', 'plagiarism plugins'); cron_execute_plugin_type('theme', 'themes'); cron_execute_plugin_type('tool', 'admin tools'); cron_execute_plugin_type('local', 'local plugins'); } }