How to run a CodeIgniter file through CRON?

Question

I\'ve tried the following method in the past:

Answer 1

The simplest way to run a cron via CodeIgniter is to make a cron URL available via your app.

Then call it via wget

wget -O - -q -t 1 http://www.example.com/cron/run

Inside the controller you can then use a log to ensure the cron is not run too often i.e. if the Google robots trigger it by mistake.

A second method would be to use lynx

/usr/local/bin/lynx -source http://www.example.com/cron/run