function cron_example_form_cron_run_submit

Allow user to directly execute cron, optionally forcing it.

Related topics

Example: Cron
Example using Cron API, including hook_cron() and hook_cron_queue_info().
1 string reference to 'cron_example_form_cron_run_submit'
cron_example_form in cron_example/cron_example.module
The form to provide a link to cron.php.

File

cron_example/cron_example.module, line 128

Code

function cron_example_form_cron_run_submit($form, &$form_state) {
    if (!empty($form_state['values']['cron_reset'])) {
        variable_set('cron_example_next_execution', 0);
    }
    // We don't usually use globals in this way. This is used here only to
    // make it easy to tell if cron was run by this form.
    $GLOBALS['cron_example_show_status_message'] = TRUE;
    if (drupal_cron_run()) {
        drupal_set_message(t('Cron ran successfully.'));
    }
    else {
        drupal_set_message(t('Cron run failed.'), 'error');
    }
}