does monthlyOn() works with between in laravel scheduler?-CodePudding

I have made a custom command and want it to run on month last day at 02:00 but I also want it to run after that between some period of time like 02:00 till 15:00 following is my scheduler

`$schedule->command('billing:generate')
                ->monthlyOn(Carbon::now()->endOfMonth()->subHours(5)->format("d"), "02:00");`

now what I think Ill do to achieve this is like this:

$schedule->command('billing:generate')
            ->monthlyOn(Carbon::now()->endOfMonth()->subHours(5)->format("d"), "02:00")
            ->between("02:00", "15:00");

will it work as I want? I am on laravel version 6.

CodePudding user response：

As you are on Laravel 6, you can schedule your command to run every day, but just check is that day the last day of the month, something like this:

// Runs exactly on "02:00" every month on its last day.
// (Actually runs every day, but doesn't execute if the day is not the last day of the month).
$schedule->command('billing:generate')->dailyAt('02:00')->when(function () {
    return Carbon::now()->endOfMonth()->isToday();
});

// Runs between "02:00" and "15:00" every month on its last day. 
// (Actually runs every day, but doesn't execute if the day is not the last day of the month).
$schedule->command('billing:generate')->daily()->between("02:00", "15:00")->when(function () {
    return Carbon::now()->endOfMonth()->isToday();
});

If you are on newer versions of Laravel you can use lastDayOfMonth to which you can provide a time, and if needed, you can also chain between on it.

Also, to achieve what you want, you can specify 2 schedules and resolve the problem.

It should be like this:

// Runs exactly on "02:00" every month on its last day. 
$schedule->command('billing:generate')->lastDayOfMonth("02:00");
// Runs between "02:00" and "15:00" every month on its last day. 
$schedule->command('billing:generate')->lastDayOfMonth()->between("02:00", "15:00");