Codeigniter is_cli_request() stops cpanel cron job from working

Question

On my website I use cron job on cpanel.

I have this code below in the construct area of controller but it stops the cpanel cron job from working.

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Answer 1

To prevent direct access from a webpage:

you need to add this line

/* deny direct call from web browser */
if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) die('Permission denied.');

with CI 3.0 you can

Make your cron-jobs inaccessible from being loaded in the URL by checking the return value of is_cli().

is_cli() returns TRUE if the application is run through the command line and FALSE if not.

as by my comment, the cpanel cron job pattern is:

/usr/bin/php /var/www/website/public_html/cli.php controller method

,

see docs here

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Answer 2

Solved now. CodeIgniter Cron Job through Cpanel

It seem to be a issue from path I had used. On cpanel before I had

php --silent http://mysubdomain.mydomain.co.nz/cron/message

That was not working proper if I wanted to use this code to prevent access

if (!$this->input->is_cli_request()) {
   show_error('Direct access is not allowed');
}

So now I changed to

php-cli /home/myusername/public_html/mysubdomain/index.php Cron message

All works fine now