Step 1:- Run the below command to Install Laravel 5.8

composer create-project --prefer-dist laravel/laravel testingcronjob "5.8.*"

Step 2 :- Now, we need to create a custom command. Custom command will execute with task scheduling cron job. Run the below command to create new custom command

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

Now we make some changes on Command file.

app/Console/Commands/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()
    {
        \Log::info("Cron is working fine!");
     
        /*
           Write your database logic we bellow:
           Item::create(['name'=>'hello new']);
        */
      
        $this->info('Demo:Cron Cummand Run successfully!');
    }
}

Step 3 :- Now, we need to define our commands on Kernel.php file with time when you want to run your command like as bellow functions:

->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

app/Console/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');
    }
}

Step 4 :- Now We’re ready to run our cron. You can manually check using following command of your cron.Run bellow command:

php artisan schedule:run

After running above command, now you can check log file where we already print some text. So open your log file it looks like as bellow:

storage/logs/laravel-2021-08-16.php

Now our Cron is Working fine, But we want to run cron at every minute in our Linux Server, So for that folow the below Steps.

========================= NOTE START ==========================

Crontab Date / Time Format

 * * * * *  command to execute
 │ │ │ │ │
 │ │ │ │ │
 │ │ │ │ └───── day of week(0-6)(0 to 6 are Sunday to Saturday, or use names; 7 is Sunday, the same as 0)
 │ │ │ └────────── month (1 - 12)
 │ │ └─────────────── day of month (1 - 31)
 │ └──────────────────── hour (0 - 23)
 └───────────────────────── min (0 - 59)

========================= NOTE END ==========================

Step 5 :- Now login into your server and navigate to /etc and run below command

sudo crontab -e

After running command you’ll get output like below image, just select easiest

In my case it’s 2, so I typed 2 and hit enter.

now add single entry on crontab file

* * * * * php /path/to/artisan schedule:run 1>> /dev/null 2>&1


OR

* * * * * cd /path-to-your-project && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

I’m running on my linux server so i’ve added path to my artisan file of my laravel project, see below

my code

* * * * * php /opt/lampp/htdocs/testingcronjob/artisan schedule:run 1>> /dev/null 2>&1

It’s Done. I hope this article help you.

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Thanks for reading.