so as a still-newbie I came across the task to write a cron job for our ERP, which is supposed to run at 23:45 every day and put stock data from a .csv into the shop.
I am currently trying to test it with it being done every 10 minutes (which also seems to be the set standard, more about the "seems" later) so that I can see what happens.
However, it doesn't seem to do its job. I'm also trying to parse some string into a .log but as nothing changes there, I can assume it's not working.
I've run the function manually and it worked, so no problem there (atleast it shouldn't be).
My guess is I have a problem with the names in my config.xml, but I can't figure it out.
I'm also using another self-written module which saves the orders, used for the ERP so they are in the same module. I will include them here.
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app/ code/ local/ COMPANY/ Erp/ Model/ Observer.php etc/ config.xml config.xml
<?xml version="1.0"?> <config> <modules> <Company_Erp> <version>0.5.1</version> </Company_Erp> </modules> <global> <models> <erp> <class>COMPANY_Erp_Model</class> </erp> </models> <events> <sales_order_place_after> <observers> <company_erp_model_observer> <type>singleton</type> <class>COMPANY_Erp_Model_Observer</class> <method>writeOrderInfos</method> </company_erp_model_observer> </observers> </sales_order_place_after> </events> </global> <crontab> <jobs> <company_erp> <schedule> <cron_expr>*/10 * * * *</cron_expr> </schedule> <run> <model>erp/observer::updateStock</model> </run> </company_erp> </jobs> </crontab> file in app/etc/modules (COMPANY_Erp.xml)
<?xml version="1.0"?> <config> <modules> <COMPANY_Erp> <active>true</active> <codePool>local</codePool> <depends> <Mage_Checkout /> </depends> </COMPANY_Erp> </modules> </config> Observer.php
<?php class COMPANY_Erp_Model_Observer { ... public function updateStock(){ ... Mage::log('Cron job done!', null, 'company_erp.log', true); } } I know this is a long-a** post but I seriously don't know any further.
As I said, I don't know much about Magento, or CMS and stuff in general. I can work with them but understanding is a problem. I have no idea how to look whether cron.php is running on the server or not, but a co-worker said it is running. She tested it with "PuTTY" and said it runs every 10 minutes and writes the returns into nothing (null?), so I have a problem on my side.
I would appreciate any help or comments, as I do want to learn more. I like the structures in Magento but struggle very often.
