session_begin(false); $auth->acl($user->data); function output_image() { // Output transparent gif header('Cache-Control: no-cache'); header('Content-type: image/gif'); header('Content-length: 43'); echo base64_decode('R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw=='); // Flush here to prevent browser from showing the page as loading while // running cron. flush(); } // Thanks to various fatal errors and lack of try/finally, it is quite easy to leave // the cron lock locked, especially when working on cron-related code. // // Attempt to alleviate the problem by doing setup outside of the lock as much as possible. $cron_type = request_var('cron_type', ''); // Comment this line out for debugging so the page does not return an image. output_image(); $cron_lock = $phpbb_container->get('cron.lock_db'); if ($cron_lock->acquire()) { $cron = $phpbb_container->get('cron.manager'); $task = $cron->find_task($cron_type); if ($task) { if ($task->is_parametrized()) { $task->parse_parameters($request); } if ($task->is_ready()) { $task->run(); garbage_collection(); } } $cron_lock->release(); }