Laravel 8 Cron Job Scheduling Example Tutorial

In this tutorial, we will tell you how to create and schedule the cron job in the Laravel Framework (Laravel 8 cron job scheduling example tutorial).

Cron job means it will automatically execute as per you are defined time. here Laravel provides the Task Scheduling facility. so just we use this facility. if you schedule a task for the cron job that will execute as you defined time.

Overview

Step 1: Install Laravel
Step 2: Create a Command Class
Step 3: Implement Our Logic
Step 4: Register Command
Step 5: Run Scheduler Command

Step 1: Install Laravel

We are going to install laravel 8, so first open the command prompt or terminal and go to xampp htdocs folder directory using the command prompt. after then run the below command.

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel laravel8_cronjob

Step 2: Create a Command Class

Here in this step, we will create the class using the below command.

php artisan make:command DemoCron --command=demo:cron

Step 3: Implement Our Logic

After run above command. now we will open the DemoCron.php in app/Console/Commands/ directory and Implement our logic.

DemoCron.php

<?php
   
namespace App\Console\Commands;
   
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
   
class DemoCron extends Command
{
    /**
     * The name and signature of the console command.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $signature = 'demo:cron';
    
    /**
     * The console command description.
     *
     * @var string
     */
    protected $description = 'Command description';
    
    /**
     * Create a new command instance.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function __construct()
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }
    
    /**
     * Execute the console command.
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle()
    {
		
		$count = \DB::table('users')
            ->whereDate('created_at', '=', date('Y-m-d'))
            ->count();
 
            echo "Today $count users registered";
    }
}
?>

Step 4: Register Command

here, we have to register the command class in the kernel.php and we will set the cron job schedule. so you can follow our below code.

kernel.php

<?php
   
namespace App\Console;
    
use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;
    
class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
{
    /**
     * The Artisan commands provided by your application.
     *
     * @var array
     */
    protected $commands = [
        Commands\DemoCron::class,
    ];
     
    /**
     * Define the application's command schedule.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule  $schedule
     * @return void
     */
    protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)
    {
        $schedule->command('demo:cron')->everyMinute();
    }
     
    /**
     * Register the commands for the application.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    protected function commands()
    {
        $this->load(__DIR__.'/Commands');
     
        require base_path('routes/console.php');
    }
}

?>

Here in this example, we are used everyMinute() cron schedule method but you can use it as per the requirement of cron schedule method. so you can see a list of cron schedule methods.

Method	Description
cron(‘* * * * * *’);	Run the task on a custom Cron schedule
everyMinute();	Run the task every minute
everyFiveMinutes();	Run the task every five minutes
everyTenMinutes();	Run the task every ten minutes
everyFifteenMinutes();	Run the task every fifteen minutes
everyThirtyMinutes();	Run the task every thirty minutes
hourly();	Run the task every hour
hourlyAt(17);	Run the task every hour at 17 mins past the hour
daily();	Run the task every day at midnight
dailyAt(’13:00′);	Run the task every day at 13:00
twiceDaily(1, 13);	Run the task daily at 1:00 & 13:00
weekly();	Run the task every week
weeklyOn(1, ‘8:00’);	Run the task every week on Tuesday at 8:00
monthly();	Run the task every month
monthlyOn(4, ’15:00′);	Run the task every month on the 4th at 15:00
quarterly();	Run the task every quarter
yearly();	Run the task every year
timezone(‘America/New_York’);	Set the timezone

Step 5: Run Scheduler Command

Now we can run our cron job manually using the below command. when the user register After a minute we will found the new log. so you can check the storage/logs/laravel.php file for the log.

php artisan schedule:run