vB3 cron system

[filburt1]

What is the CLEAN (i.e., not exit!) way of ending a cron script?

For example, I have this function:

PHP Code:

function autoimapdie($result)
{
    global $logprefix;
    
    if ($result === false)
    {
        $errors = imap_errors();
        $warnings = imap_warnings();
        $messages = array_merge($errors, $warnings);
        
        foreach ($messages as $key => $value)
        {
            $messages[$key] = htmlspecialchars_uni($value);
        }
        
        if (!empty($messages))
        {
            $messages = htmlspecialchars("\"" . implode("\", \"", $messages) . "\"");
            
            log_cron_action("$logprefix Failed due to imap errors or warnings: $messages",
                    $nextitem);
        }
    }
} 


After the log_cron_action line, how can I return control back to the original cron control script?

[MindTrix]

My host says return;

dunno if thats any help

[filburt1]

Originally Posted by MindTrix

My host says return;

dunno if thats any help

That will merely exit out of the function. There is code calling the function that will continue to get executed.

I don't want to edit any of vB's files, if possible, as this is for vBMS and I'm avoiding that for this release.

[filburt1]

A thought occurs: is there an exit handler function that will make a graceful exit anyway when exit is used?

[MindTrix]

How do you mean? (me lost) my host still swears u should use exit at the end of the cron line

[filburt1]

Originally Posted by MindTrix

How do you mean? (me lost) my host still swears u should use exit at the end of the cron line

Does your host know that I'm talking about vB3's cron system and not a standard Unix cron (i.e., crontab, etc.) setup?

[MindTrix]

Doh! Sorry for wasting your time Filburt.

[g-force2k2]

Filburt isn't control given automatically given back to the main cron script as it loops through each required file? Unless your function isn't itself going to be a cron script.

Cheers,
g-force2k2

[filburt1]

Originally Posted by g-force2k2

Filburt isn't control given automatically given back to the main cron script as it loops through each required file? Unless your function isn't itself going to be a cron script.

Cheers,
g-force2k2

Well for example:

PHP Code:

// is vBMS even enabled?
debugecho("Checking for vBMS enabled...");
if (!$vboptions['vbms_enabled'])
{
    log_cron_action("$logprefix mail check ignored: vBMS is not enabled", $nextitem);
} 


After that log entry, the script should hand control over to the next scheduled cron job (if any). As it is now (as I understand it, at least), it will just continue running, even though a known failure point was effectively ignored.

[g-force2k2]

Could not not define a global variable that is ran through each loop and if an error is occured then instead of continuing the while loop it could instead break out, and if necessary first build a new cron log? Just an idea.

Cheers,
g-force2k2