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g4/cron
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g4 cron like parser with ability to parse expressions with resolution in seconds - based on PHP Cron Expression Parser

0.2.0(2y ago)670.1k↓33.3%63MITPHPPHP >=5.3.2

Since Jun 7Pushed 2y ago8 watchersCompare

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Cron
====

[](#cron)

> Cron - G4 Cron like parser with ability to parse expressions with resolution in seconds - based on PHP Cron Expression Parser

Install
-------

[](#install)

> Using Composer and Packagist

```
composer require g4/cron
```

```
require_once 'vendor/autoload.php';

$expression = \G4\Cron\CronExpression::factory('*/3 * * * * * *');

echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), ' = ', $expression->getNextRunDate()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), PHP_EOL;
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s'), ' = ', $expression->getPreviousRunDate()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), PHP_EOL;
```

Development
-----------

[](#development)

### Install dependencies

[](#install-dependencies)

```
$ make install

```

### Run tests

[](#run-tests)

```
$ make test

```

License
-------

[](#license)

(The MIT License) see LICENSE file for details...

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~1148 days

Total

4

Last Release

919d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/12ceafbc629c3019d7cd78dfec322d694f44e0df8741bc6044f4acbf99964ff8?d=identicon)[g4code](/maintainers/g4code)

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Top Contributors

[![dsamardzija](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/366252?v=4)](https://github.com/dsamardzija "dsamardzija (7 commits)")[![gomboc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1145653?v=4)](https://github.com/gomboc "gomboc (1 commits)")[![ppavlovic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2664974?v=4)](https://github.com/ppavlovic "ppavlovic (1 commits)")[![rdohms](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/94331?v=4)](https://github.com/rdohms "rdohms (1 commits)")

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Tags

crontask

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