Cron job on shared hosting

Cron job on shared hosting

by haris mari -
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Hello, i have installed successfully the latest moodle but i have a problem, i read about cron php but my hosting provider doesn't have cron jobs features. Is there any other way i can automate running the cron.php?

How necessary is that php script? What is the impact of not running it?

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Re: Cron job on shared hosting

by Howard Miller -
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Very necessary. There are loads of things that won't work. You can't even delete files!

There are online cron services you can sign up to (example, not a recommendation, https://www.easycron.com/). You need to enabled the web-based cron in Moodle and point the cron service at that. Read - Cron
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Re: Cron job on shared hosting

by Rick Jerz -
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Are you sure that you do not have access to cron? Historically, many shared hosting plans included tools like cPanel which provided access to cron.

If your hosting provider does not give you access to cron, consider switching to a different provider.
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