using cron.php in magento without using crond

Question

I have to use this extension and I haven't access to cron jobs in my hosting.

I read that is possible to use cron.php also without access to cron jobs, how can I do this task?

Answer 1

You can set a cronjob in another hosting account to access the magento cron.php file, something like this

10 * * * * wget -O - http://magento-site.com/cron.php >/dev/null 2>&1 

check this link for more info Using CRON jobs to visit url?

Thanks

Answer 2

create a file mycron.php on magento dir and add below code in this file

<?php
// Change current directory to the directory of current script
chdir(dirname(__FILE__));

require 'app/Mage.php';

if (!Mage::isInstalled()) {
    echo "Application is not installed yet, please complete install wizard first.";
    exit;
}

// Only for urls
// Don't remove this
$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'] = str_replace(basename(__FILE__), 'index.php', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);
$_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME'] = str_replace(basename(__FILE__), 'index.php', $_SERVER['SCRIPT_FILENAME']);

Mage::app('admin')->setUseSessionInUrl(false);

umask(0);


try {

    Mage::getConfig()->init()->loadEventObservers('crontab');
    Mage::app()->addEventArea('crontab');
        Mage::dispatchEvent('always');
        Mage::dispatchEvent('default');

} catch (Exception $e) {
    Mage::printException($e);
    exit(1);
}

hint this file on browser..