[RFC|Replaced] hook_cron

[gn#36]

• Name: hook_cron
• Rationale: Many mods require to do maintenance on a regular basis, a calendar mod could delete old entries every week or a topic robot could post special topics every week.
• Placement: cron.php
• Input arguments: 1: repetition_rate (one of the constants: CRON_DAYLY CRON_WEEKLY CRON_MONTHLY CRON_YEARLY)
• Output format: void
• Output semantics: Obsolete
• Infrastructure: Used to perform maintenance tasks of a mod repeatedly. phpBB calls the hook once a day using the CRON_DAYLY constant, once a week using the CRON_WEEKLY constant etc. The mod can then perform its repeated tasks within the function. An alternative implementation would use hook_cron_dayly etc. as function names instead of the input variable.
• Related: -

[igorw]

This hook would probably be obsolete once the modular cron code is merged.

[gn#36]

Oh, I guess I missed that one. Yes, agreed.

[MichaelC]

Replaced by the new way crons are handled.