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pe/component-cron
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Crontab manipulation library

v1.0.0(8y ago)011MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Dec 10Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/pavlenko/php-component-cron)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pe/component-cron)[ RSS](/packages/pe-component-cron/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2mo ago

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Cron component
==============

[](#cron-component)

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
php composer.phar require pe/component-cron:^1.0
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
use PE\Component\Cron\Crontab;
use PE\Component\Cron\Job;

// Instantiate with default binary path
$crontab = new Crontab();

// Or instantiate with custom binary path
$crontab = new Crontab('/usr/sbin/crontab');

// Get all jobs
$crontab->all();// returns array of Job instances

// Create new job from string
$job = Job::fromString('*/5 * * * * command');

// Or create programmatically
$job = (new Job())->setMinute('*/5')->setCommand('command');

// Add job
$crontab->add($job);

// Get job by index
$job = $crontab->get(0);

// Remove job by index
$crontab->remove(0);
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3078d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5cf2cc7aeca3adf2a9ff304032c47261ecc3e94b18dbc1c972f1bfa9494ba645?d=identicon)[pavlenko](/maintainers/pavlenko)

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Top Contributors

[![pavlenko](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1759651?v=4)](https://github.com/pavlenko "pavlenko (1 commits)")

---

Tags

cron

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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