cron.php Stopping at 'Processing module function assignment_cron'

cron.php Stopping at 'Processing module function assignment_cron'

by Nick Terry -
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I'm using Moodle version 1.9.13 (Build: 20110801) and attempting to run the cron.php script manually as root on the server. I get the following:

Starting activity modules
Processing module function assigment_cron ...

I'm then put back to the command prompt. What do I need to check to resolve this issue? Are there any logs I can look at?

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Re: cron.php Stopping at 'Processing module function assignment_cron'

by Howard Miller -
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Switch on Debugging. You should get some more info when you run it.

BTW... you should run it as the web server user, not root. I very much doubt this is your problem but could lock out files to moodle if it changes anything as root.

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Re: cron.php Stopping at 'Processing module function assignment_cron'

by Nick Terry -

Thanks for the response. Debugging has been enabled. Looking at the PHP error log file, when I try to run the cron script (I'm running it from the browser now as the web server user as suggested) I get the following:

PHP Fatal error:  Cannot redeclare gzdecode() in /var/www/html/vle/mod/assignment/type/openoffice/openofficelib.php on line 147

I've had a look and can't find much on this. Any ideas?

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Re: cron.php Stopping at 'Processing module function assignment_cron'

by Howard Miller -
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I take it you have some sort of optional assignment type there then (openoffice)? I'm not familiar with it, but it could well be broken. Remove it?

EDIT:
Ahhh... I think you'll find that gzdecode is actually a built in function in PHP so the openoffice plugin shouldn't be declaring a function of the same name. It may be a genuine mistake or it may be trying to reproduce the built in function - in which case it should have a check around it for the function already existing. Either way it's a bug in the openoffice plugin.

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Re: cron.php Stopping at 'Processing module function assignment_cron'

by Nick Terry -

I removed the OpenOffice PHP extension and the cron script is running fine now. Thanks for your help.

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