/**
* cron - goes through all feeds and retrieves them with the cache
* duration set to 0 in order to force the retrieval of the item and
* refresh the cache
*
* @return boolean true if all feeds were retrieved succesfully
*/
function cron()
{
global $CFG, $DB;
require_once $CFG->libdir . '/simplepie/moodle_simplepie.php';
// We are going to measure execution times
$starttime = microtime();
// And we have one initial $status
$status = true;
// Fetch all site feeds.
$rs = $DB->get_recordset('block_rss_client');
$counter = 0;
mtrace('');
foreach ($rs as $rec) {
mtrace(' ' . $rec->url . ' ', '');
// Fetch the rss feed, using standard simplepie caching
// so feeds will be renewed only if cache has expired
@set_time_limit(60);
$feed = new moodle_simplepie();
// set timeout for longer than normal to be agressive at
// fetching feeds if possible..
$feed->set_timeout(40);
$feed->set_cache_duration(0);
$feed->set_feed_url($rec->url);
$feed->init();
if ($feed->error()) {
mtrace('error');
mtrace('SimplePie failed with error:' . $feed->error());
$status = false;
} else {
mtrace('ok');
}
$counter++;
}
$rs->close();
// Show times
mtrace($counter . ' feeds refreshed (took ' . microtime_diff($starttime, microtime()) . ' seconds)');
// And return $status
return $status;
}
/**
* cron - goes through all the feeds. If the feed has a skipuntil value
* that is less than the current time cron will attempt to retrieve it
* with the cache duration set to 0 in order to force the retrieval of
* the item and refresh the cache.
*
* If a feed fails then the skipuntil time of that feed is set to be
* later than the next expected cron time. The amount of time will
* increase each time the fetch fails until the maximum is reached.
*
* If a feed that has been failing is successfully retrieved it will
* go back to being handled as though it had never failed.
*
* CRON should therefor process requests for permanently broken RSS
* feeds infrequently, and temporarily unavailable feeds will be tried
* less often until they become available again.
*
* @return boolean Always returns true
*/
function cron()
{
global $CFG, $DB;
require_once $CFG->libdir . '/simplepie/moodle_simplepie.php';
// Get the legacy cron time, strangely the cron property of block_base
// does not seem to get set. This means we must retrive it here.
$this->cron = $DB->get_field('block', 'cron', array('name' => 'rss_client'));
// We are going to measure execution times
$starttime = microtime();
$starttimesec = time();
// Fetch all site feeds.
$rs = $DB->get_recordset('block_rss_client');
$counter = 0;
mtrace('');
foreach ($rs as $rec) {
mtrace(' ' . $rec->url . ' ', '');
// Skip feed if it failed recently.
if ($starttimesec < $rec->skipuntil) {
mtrace('skipping until ' . userdate($rec->skipuntil));
continue;
}
// Fetch the rss feed, using standard simplepie caching
// so feeds will be renewed only if cache has expired
core_php_time_limit::raise(60);
$feed = new moodle_simplepie();
// set timeout for longer than normal to be agressive at
// fetching feeds if possible..
$feed->set_timeout(40);
$feed->set_cache_duration(0);
$feed->set_feed_url($rec->url);
$feed->init();
if ($feed->error()) {
// Skip this feed (for an ever-increasing time if it keeps failing).
$rec->skiptime = $this->calculate_skiptime($rec->skiptime);
$rec->skipuntil = time() + $rec->skiptime;
$DB->update_record('block_rss_client', $rec);
mtrace("Error: could not load/find the RSS feed - skipping for {$rec->skiptime} seconds.");
} else {
mtrace('ok');
// It worked this time, so reset the skiptime.
if ($rec->skiptime > 0) {
$rec->skiptime = 0;
$rec->skipuntil = 0;
$DB->update_record('block_rss_client', $rec);
}
// Only increase the counter when a feed is sucesfully refreshed.
$counter++;
}
}
$rs->close();
// Show times
mtrace($counter . ' feeds refreshed (took ' . microtime_diff($starttime, microtime()) . ' seconds)');
return true;
}
