[development] Batch API on cron

[Joe Pletcher]

I just ran into this exact problem. I elected to solve it via the D6 backport of drupal_queue/cron (after trying BatchAPI) and am pretty happy with it.

Joe

On Jul 15, 2010, at 10:24 AM, Alex Barth wrote:

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> On Jul 15, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Ken Rickard wrote:
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>> Drush scripts (especially bulk node processing) are subject to hitting
>> PHP memory limits when processing large amounts of data.
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>> Anyone have ways around that issue?
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> Again: batching. Even tasks that are run with drush need to be worked off in chunks.
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> PHP's just not made for managing memory.
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>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Moshe Weitzman <weitzman at tejasa.com> wrote:
>>> I think drush scripts are your best bet. CLI PHP is not not subject to timeout.
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>>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 5:01 AM, Sven Decabooter <sdecabooter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I'm reading contradicting posts about running Batch API processes on cron.
>>>> This is for Drupal 6 BTW.
>>>> I have tried implementing a batch functionality that should be run on cron,
>>>> but it doesn't seem to process the work that needs to be done.
>>>> I assume this is because running the cron through a commandline command
>>>> doesn't allow for javascript...
>>>> So my questions:
>>>> - Have I implemented Batch API incorrectly, and should it normally work also
>>>> on cron?
>>>> - What is the best way to run a process that would normally trigger a php
>>>> script timeout? Can I use the Queue module for that?
>>>> I'm sure plenty of people have already tried doing this, so I'm not sure why
>>>> I can find little consistent information about it.
>>>> Thanks for your feedback.
>>>> Sven
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>> Ken Rickard
>> agentrickard at gmail.com
>> http://ken.therickards.com
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