Scheduled tasks in Laravel refer to commands that are executed periodically and automatically on the server.
To implement this, a programmer can create one or more commands with specific functionality to be executed daily, weekly, or even hourly.
For example, you can have a daily command that backs up the database and sends it via email.
Another example could be a command that sends reminders or updates daily.
Within Laravel, the execution of these commands is configured in a file called “kernel,” which allows scheduling based on the required timing and frequency.
For this purpose, Laravel provides some predefined functions like everyMinute, everyFiveMinutes, hourly, daily, monthly, yearly, among others.
Additionally, specific days of the week can be configured such as sundays, mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays, thursdays, fridays, saturdays, and weekend (for Saturday and Sunday).
Moreover, configurations can be set so that a command runs every hour only on Mondays, or every 5 minutes on Saturdays and Sundays.
Furthermore, Laravel provides many other functions for use, and new ones are added with each new framework version.
Besides these functions, a specific execution time can be configured. For instance, a command can be scheduled to run daily at 5:00 AM.
It’s worth noting that these scheduled tasks in Laravel are known as “Schedule Task” or “Task Scheduling.”
To enable these scheduled tasks in Laravel, it’s necessary to configure them with the hosting cron.
As a suggestion, when configuring scheduled tasks related to backups, data dumps, or data corrections, it’s best to execute them outside of peak traffic hours, such as during the early morning.
Conversely, if notifications or reminders need to be sent, it’s best to schedule them within reasonable hours, for example, between 9:00 AM and 7:00 PM, to avoid inconveniencing users during rest hours.
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