Create a new job and save it to the specified queue.
| public static create ( string $queue, string $class, array $data = null, integer $run_at ) : string | ||
| $queue | string | The name of the queue to place the job in |
| $class | string | The name of the class that contains the code to execute the job |
| $data | array | Any optional arguments that should be passed when the job is executed |
| $run_at | integer | Unix timestamp of when to run the job to delay execution |
| return | string | |
/**
* Queue a job for later retrieval. Jobs are unique per queue and
* are deleted upon retrieval. If a given job (payload) already exists,
* it is updated with the new delay.
*
* @param int $delay This can be number of seconds or unix timestamp
* @param string $job The job class
* @param mixed $data The job data
* @param string $queue The queue to add the job to
* @return Job job instance
*/
public function later($delay, $job, array $data = array(), $queue = null)
{
// If it's a datetime object conver to unix time
if ($delay instanceof \DateTime) {
$delay = $delay->getTimestamp();
}
if (!is_numeric($delay)) {
throw new \InvalidArgumentException('The delay "' . $delay . '" must be an integer or DateTime object.');
}
// If the delay is smaller than 3 years then assume that an interval
// has been passed i.e. 600 seconds, otherwise it's a unix timestamp
if ($delay < 94608000) {
$delay += time();
}
return Job::create($this->getQueue($queue), $job, $data, $delay);
}
