====== Scheduled Tasks or Cron Jobs ======


Moodle 2.7 saw the introduction of a new Task API. It's pretty straightforward, see the [[https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Task_API|official documentation]].

There's one catch, however. The ''tasks'' array entry pointing to your classname assumes that your class is in the following path: ''/[yourplugin]/classes''.

For instance, if your task file is: ''/local/expirydate/classes/task/update_visibility.php'', then you should refer to it as: 

<code>
// With this as actual file location: /local/expirydate/classes/task/update_visibility.php
// Use this in /local/expirydate/db/tasks.php:

'classname' => 'local_expirydate\task\update_visibility'
</code>

This caveat is documented in ''lib/classes/component.php'', class ''core_component'', function ''classloader'':

<code>
     * Class loader for Frankenstyle named classes in standard locations.
     * Frankenstyle namespaces are supported.
     *
     * The expected location for core classes is:
     *    1/ core_xx_yy_zz ---> lib/classes/xx_yy_zz.php
     *    2/ \core\xx_yy_zz ---> lib/classes/xx_yy_zz.php
     *    3/ \core\xx\yy_zz ---> lib/classes/xx/yy_zz.php
     *
     * The expected location for plugin classes is:
     *    1/ mod_name_xx_yy_zz ---> mod/name/classes/xx_yy_zz.php
     *    2/ \mod_name\xx_yy_zz ---> mod/name/classes/xx_yy_zz.php
     *    3/ \mod_name\xx\yy_zz ---> mod/name/classes/xx/yy_zz.php

</code>