Problem with CLI script routing or execution

Hi All,
I'm trying to add some cron scheduled jobs to my site. I've started with a simple controller:

PHP Code:

<?php

namespace App\Controllers\CLI;

use CodeIgniter\Controller;

class Cronjob extends Controller
{
    public function cliMessage($to = 'World')
    {
        return "Hello {$to}!" . PHP_EOL;
    }
} 


When I call it in my public directory

Code:

php index.php CLI/cronjob message

no output is showed. The index.php and routing are executed for sure, infact if I make some mistakes on porpouse, they are showed. For example, this is the output of the following command

Code:

PS C:\develop\horizon\public> php index.php CLI/cronjob mAssage
ERROR: 404

Controller or its method is not found: \App\Controllers\CLI\Cronjob::cliMAssage

Any help is appreciated.

First, you have to define a route in app/Config/Routes.php 

PHP Code:

// example
$routes->cli('cronjob/(:segment)', 'Cronjob::cliMessage/$1'); 


then run

Code:

php index.php cronjob codeigniter
// output: Hello codeigniter!

Also, your method is cliMessage not cliMAssage

See https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/cli/c...ello-world

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Thank you for the reply.

First, you have to define a route in app/Config/Routes.php 

PHP Code:

// example
$routes->cli('cronjob/(:segment)', 'Cronjob::cliMessage/$1'); 


I'm using Auto Route Improved, and according to the official guide, defining explicit routes like this isn’t necessary in my case:

Define a Route
If you use Auto Routing, skip this.

then run

Code:

php index.php cronjob codeigniter
// output: Hello codeigniter!

Also, your method is cliMessage not cliMAssage

See https://codeigniter.com/user_guide/cli/c...ello-world

As you noticed, I intentionally used cliMAssage in the second example just to show that the framework is responding correctly. In the actual test, I use cliMessage as expected.

I also tried using CLI library commands like CLI::print, but haven't had success with that either.

EDIT:
I've conducted further investigation and found that the cliMessage method in the Cronjob controller is not being called at all. I ran a debug session and set a breakpoint on the output line within the cliMessage method, and I confirmed that this point is never reached. For this reason, I'm updating the topic title, as the missing output is merely a consequence of a prior issue: the method doesn't appear to be invoked correctly in the first place.

EDIT2:
Solved! The problem was that I forgot to update the Config/Filters.php file in order to exclude the cli/cronjob/message path from mandatory authentication

Code:

'auth' => ['except' => [
                '/',
                'user/login',
                'cli/cronjob/message']]

After this fix the method is corrected invoked.
I leave this post as it could be useful for other users.

Thank you

AFAIK, creating controllers and routes are not really necessary unless you want to expose some kind of RESTful service.


In my case I developed a bunch of 'Command's in App\Commands that can be run by both spark and any CRON job. It just works:

PHP Code:

<?php

namespace App\Commands;

use CodeIgniter\CLI\BaseCommand;
use CodeIgniter\CLI\CLI;
use App\Models\PageModel;

class AggregateBlogCategories extends BaseCommand
{
    protected $group      = 'Blog';
    protected $name      = 'blog:aggregate-categories';
    // the rest of the code 


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