check php_sapi_name() output, if its cli then its being invoked by the cron
job since you would use php cli to invoke console jobs. place a check at the
start of the controller
if (php_sapi_name() == "cli") {
// proceed
}
Thanks.
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Mathew Nik Foscarini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Well, wouldn't the remote address have the same IP address as the server?
> Then again, I can't remember if $_SERVER is defined when running from the
> command line?
>
> if( $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] === $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])
> {
> // the client has the same IP as the server.
> }
>
> Another approach would be to check if the command line arguments are set.
> When you run PHP from the command line it defines argv and argc to hold the
> cli arguments.
>
> if( isset( $argv ) && isset( $argc ) )
> {
> // the command line arguments exist
> }
>
> You could always check the command line for a secret hash code.
>
> if( $argv[1] === md5('my secret password') )
> {
> // I'm run from the command line.
> }
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Action <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: CakePHP <cake-php@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:36:22 AM
> Subject: Re: This is more of a general application design question than a
> CakePHP question...
>
>
> So, what is the best way to determine if a controller method is being
> called from a cron job vs a normal user? I don't want normal users to
> be able to goto the controller method that makes the requests from
> these webservices.
>
> On May 12, 10:17 am, jonknee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > So just have a process that checks the remote services every 30-60
> > > seconds or so, it'll be frequently enough and it'll make the whole
> > > local data thing so much easier.
> >
> > That's waaay to frequent and could easily look like abuse. Even large
> > aggregators like Google Reader and Bloglines don't do that. And since
> > this is a tumble log it's much worse because it's all personalized
> > feeds (instead of a single RSS feed for CNN, you have an RSS feed for
> > each Flickr user). So instead of making a request every 30 seconds,
> > with just 100 users you are making 3 requests a second. That's
> > definitely going to be noticed.
> >
> > I'd start at one or half hour intervals, perhaps with an option to
> > poll more frequently (15 minutes?).
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