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Cron jobs

The Cron jobs tool lets you schedule commands to run on a timer — from a quick "every minute" task to the Laravel scheduler.

Creating a job​

Each job has:

  • Name — a label so you can find it later.
  • Schedule — a 5- or 6-field cron expression, or a descriptor like @daily, @hourly, or @every 5m.
  • Command — what to run.
  • Working directory (optional) — where the command runs.
  • PHP version override (optional) — pin a specific PHP version for this job.

Bind a job to a project​

Bind a job to a project to inherit that project's working directory and PHP version automatically, so you don't have to set them by hand. See Dev server & queue for related per-project tasks.

Background mode​

By default a job runs in-process — only while the LaraEnv app is open.

Turn on Background mode to register the job with the Windows Task Scheduler. The job then runs even when LaraEnv is closed.

Run history​

Every job keeps a run history:

  • Last run time
  • Status — ok, error, or running
  • Captured output — truncated to roughly 8 KB
  • Error — if the run failed

Use Run now to trigger a job immediately, and Enable/Disable to pause a job without deleting it.

Presets and templates​

Quick templates get you started fast:

  • Every minute
  • Every 5 minutes
  • Hourly
  • Daily at 03:00
  • The Laravel scheduler (php artisan schedule:run)

Laravel scheduler example​

To drive Laravel's scheduler, run php artisan schedule:run every minute:

* * * * *    php artisan schedule:run

Bind the job to your Laravel project so it inherits the correct working directory and PHP version.

tip

Use the project filter to show only the jobs that belong to a given project.