What is the purpose of the file cron.php

[tectonny]

I see this file, and generating an error, but did not understand what purpose.

[Illori]

what is the error it is generating? which version of 2.1 are you using? that file is part of the alerts system.

[tectonny]

SMF 2.1 Beta 2

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Tipo de erro: Cron
8: Undefined index: topic_notify   http://www.tectonny.com.br/forum/cron.php
Arquivo: /home/xxxx/public_html/forum/Sources/tasks/CreatePost-Notify.php
Linha: 115

[Antes]

That fixed in latest-code. Try the latest code from GitHub.

[tectonny]

Yes, I did it.

[Antes]

Ah wait true, you need to clean old tasks.

https://github.com/SimpleMachines/SMF2.1/issues/2849#issuecomment-101563835

[live627]

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TRUNCATE smf_background_tasks

[tectonny]

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TRUNCATE smf_background_tasks

Great, it seems that solved this command.

[w4rkr4f7]

better disable that function for guests because is a waste of bandwidth

file load.php line:

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if (empty($modSettings['cron_is_real_cron']))

replace with:

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      if (empty($modSettings['cron_is_real_cron']) && !$context['user']['is_guest'])



also editor.js ,jquery.sceditor .... are loaded for guests with no purpose

[Illori]

the idea is it should run when guests view the forum... it will help to make sure the alerts go through and the emails are sent.

[w4rkr4f7]

the idea is it should run when guests view the forum... it will help to make sure the alerts go through and the emails are sent.

what alert you expect to have guests ?

[Illori]

the guests dont have the alerts, they help the process along for your users to get alerts.

[Kindred]

in other words... 
a) it is not a waste of bandwidth, since it doesn't actually send anything to guests
b) php is a script that is only run when someone activates it....   so, SMF's cron jobs run the next time (after the scheduled task is set) ANYONE (guest, bot or user) accesses the forum

it is coded and working exactly as intended.