Customizing cron.php

Customize cron.php without replacing the stock file

I wanted to add functionality where I would be emailed if any of the cron jobs failed for any reason.  I found in $sugar_config there is an option to override the cron class that is used to run scheduled jobs and normal cron related things. You can add it to the config_override.php file like this...

	<?php
	/***CONFIGURATOR***/
	$sugar_config['cron_class'] = 'CustomSugarCronJobs';
	/***CONFIGURATOR***/

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So once you have that set up, just create a file called custom/include/SugarQueue/CustomSugarCronJobs.php like this

	<?php
	if(!defined('sugarEntry') || !sugarEntry) die('Not A Valid Entry Point');
	//Include the original class
	require_once 'include/SugarQueue/SugarCronJobs.php';
	/**
	* CRON driver for job queue
	* @api
	*/
	class CustomSugarCronJobs extends SugarCronJobs
	{
	/**
	* What to do if one of the jobs failed
	* @param SchedulersJob $job
	*/
	protected function jobFailed($job = null)
	{
	//Do my custom stuff
	if(!empty($job)) {
	$message = "Job {$job->id} ({$job->name}) failed in CRON run";
	//Email me the message
	$GLOBALS['developerCommunication']->send($message, '', true);
	}
	//run the parent function
	parent::jobFailed($job);
	}
	}

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The Class name should match the file name, 'CustomSugarCronJobs' in this case. You could override any function, here I override the function jobFailed(), or you could add a function.