Well, wouldn't the remote address have the same IP address as the server? Then
again, I can't remember if $_SERVER is defined when running from the command
line?
if( $_SERVER['SERVER_ADDR'] === $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])
{
// the client has the same IP as the server.
}
Another approach would be to check if the command line arguments are set. When
you run PHP from the command line it defines argv and argc to hold the cli
arguments.
if( isset( $argv ) && isset( $argc ) )
{
// the command line arguments exist
}
You could always check the command line for a secret hash code.
if( $argv[1] === md5('my secret password') )
{
// I'm run from the command line.
}
----- Original Message ----
From: Action <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CakePHP <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 11:36:22 AM
Subject: Re: This is more of a general application design question than a
CakePHP question...
So, what is the best way to determine if a controller method is being
called from a cron job vs a normal user? I don't want normal users to
be able to goto the controller method that makes the requests from
these webservices.
On May 12, 10:17 am, jonknee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So just have a process that checks the remote services every 30-60
> > seconds or so, it'll be frequently enough and it'll make the whole
> > local data thing so much easier.
>
> That's waaay to frequent and could easily look like abuse. Even large
> aggregators like Google Reader and Bloglines don't do that. And since
> this is a tumble log it's much worse because it's all personalized
> feeds (instead of a single RSS feed for CNN, you have an RSS feed for
> each Flickr user). So instead of making a request every 30 seconds,
> with just 100 users you are making 3 requests a second. That's
> definitely going to be noticed.
>
> I'd start at one or half hour intervals, perhaps with an option to
> poll more frequently (15 minutes?).
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