function cron_example_form_cron_run_submit in Examples for Developers 7

Allow user to directly execute cron, optionally forcing it.

Related topics

1 string reference to 'cron_example_form_cron_run_submit'

cron_example_form in cron_example/cron_example.module

The form to provide a link to cron.php.

File

cron_example/cron_example.module, line 128

Demonstrates use of the Cron API in Drupal - hook_cron()

Code

function cron_example_form_cron_run_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  if (!empty($form_state['values']['cron_reset'])) {
    variable_set('cron_example_next_execution', 0);
  }

  // We don't usually use globals in this way. This is used here only to
  // make it easy to tell if cron was run by this form.
  $GLOBALS['cron_example_show_status_message'] = TRUE;
  if (drupal_cron_run()) {
    drupal_set_message(t('Cron ran successfully.'));
  }
  else {
    drupal_set_message(t('Cron run failed.'), 'error');
  }
}