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plateau/automaton
=================

Task Scheduler for Laravel 4.x

v0.3(12y ago)10315MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

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Laravel 4 Automaton Task Scheduler
==================================

[](#laravel-4-automaton-task-scheduler)

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Automaton is a task Scheduler for Laravel 4 designed to run as a CronJob. It's designed to run resource intensive tasks with PHP CLI while providing a user friendly way to track down the execution of the tasks.

The planned tasks are stored in a database table, and are 'sandboxed' so any exception occuring will be logged into the database for easier debugging.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Add this into `require-dev` in your `composer.json` file:

```
"require-dev" : {
	...
	"plateau/automaton": "dev-master"
}

```

Run an update:

```
php composer.phar update

```

Register the console service provider in `app/config/app.php`:

```
'providers' => array(
	...
	'Plateau\Automaton\AutomatonServiceProvider',
);
```

Register the facade :

```
	'Automaton' => 'Plateau\Automaton\AutomatonFacade',
);
```

Run migrations

```
php artisan migrate --package=plateau/automaton

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Configure your crontab to run Automaton at a regular interval :

```
* * * * * php /var/www/laravel-app/artisan automaton:run >/dev/null 2>&1

```

Create a task class that contains your logic :

```
use Plateau\Automaton\AbstractTask;

class MyTask extends AbstractTask {

	public function fire()
	{
		// Task logic
	}
}

```

Schedule your task :

```
// Parameters are accessible from the task object as $this->parameters
$parameters = array('key' => 'value');

$myTask = new MyTask;
$myTask->init($parameters);

Automaton::schedule($myTask, '2014-02-17 12:00:00');

```

Alternatively you can pass a Carbon object for setting the date :

```
Automaton::schedule($myTask, Carbon::now->addHours(2));

```

Scheduling Cron Jobs
--------------------

[](#scheduling-cron-jobs)

If you need your tasks to be run at regular intervals, you can pass cron expression to the scheduler :

```
// Run a task every minute
Automaton::cron($myTask, '* * * * *');

```

Happy Coding!

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.2% 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 ~18 days

Total

3

Last Release

4483d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

schedulerlaravelautomationcrontask

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