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Of course, the primary feature of this package is the ability to generate cron expressions.\n\n[![Support me on Patreon](https://img.shields.io/endpoint.svg?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshieldsio-patreon.vercel.app%2Fapi%3Fusername%3Dbutschster%26type%3Dpatrons\u0026style=flat)](https://patreon.com/butschster)\n[![Latest Version on Packagist](https://poser.pugx.org/butschster/cron-expression-generator/v/stable)](https://packagist.org/packages/butschster/cron-expression-generator)\n[![GitHub Tests Action Status](https://github.com/butschster/CronExpressionGenerator/actions/workflows/run-tests.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/butschster/CronExpressionGenerator/actions?query=workflow%3ATests+branch%3Amaster)\n[![GitHub Code Style Action Status](https://github.com/butschster/CronExpressionGenerator/actions/workflows/php-cs-fixer.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/butschster/CronExpressionGenerator/actions?query=workflow%3A\"Check+%26+fix+styling\"+branch%3Amaster)\n[![Total Downloads](https://img.shields.io/packagist/dt/butschster/cron-expression-generator.svg?style=flat-square)](https://packagist.org/packages/butschster/cron-expression-generator)\n\n![Cron expresssion](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/773481/128696168-2021b8eb-7433-4dde-ba85-5848ef02bdfa.jpg)\n\n## Features\n- Cron expressions generator\n- Pre built expressions\n- Custom expressions\n- Well documented\n- Well tested\n- Compatible with Laravel\n\n\n### Requirements\n- PHP 8.0 and above\n- \n## Installation\n\nYou can install the package via composer:\n\n```bash\ncomposer require butschster/cron-expression-generator\n```\n\nThat's it!\n\n## Usage\n\n### Creates a new generator\n```php\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Generator;\nuse Cron\\CronExpression;\n\n$generator = new Generator();\n// or\n$generator = new Generator(new CronExpression('* * * * *'));\n// or\n$generator = Generator::create();\n// or\n$generator = Generator::create(new CronExpression('* * * * *'));\n```\n\n### Gets expression object\n```php\n$expression = $generator-\u003egetExpression(); // \\Cron\\CronExpression\n```\n\n### Converts expression to a string\n```php\necho $generator-\u003etoExpression(); // * * * * *\n\necho (string) $generator; // * * * * *\n\necho (string) $generator-\u003egetExpression(); // * * * * *\n\necho $generator-\u003egetExpression()-\u003egetExpression(); // * * * * *\n```\n\n### Sets specific cron expression\n```php\necho $generator-\u003ecron('* */3 * * *'); // * */3 * * *\n\necho $generator-\u003ecron('* */3 * * *')-\u003eeveryTwoMinutes(); // */2 */3 * * *\n```\n\n### Manipulate minutes\n```php\n// Every minute\necho $generator-\u003eeveryMinute(); // * * * * *\n\n// Every even minute\necho $generator-\u003eeveryEvenMinute(); // */2 * * * *\n\n// Every two minutes\necho $generator-\u003eeveryTwoMinutes(); // */2 * * * *\n\n// Every three minutes\necho $generator-\u003eeveryThreeMinutes(); // */3 * * * *\n\n// Every four minutes\necho $generator-\u003eeveryFourMinutes(); // */4 * * * *\n\n// Every five minutes\necho $generator-\u003eeveryFiveMinutes(); // */5 * * * *\n\n// Every ten minutes\necho $generator-\u003eeveryTenMinutes(); // */10 * * * *\n\n// Every fifteen minutes\necho $generator-\u003eeveryFifteenMinutes(); // */15 * * * *\n\n// Every 00 and 30 minutes\necho $generator-\u003eeveryThirtyMinutes(); // 0,30 * * * *\n\n// Every minute\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Minutes\\EveryMinute()); // * * * * *\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Minutes\\EveryMinute(2)); // * */2 * * *\n\n// Specific minutes\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Minutes\\SpecificMinutes(2, 3, 10)); // * 2,3,10 * * *\n\n// Between minutes\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Minutes\\BetweenMinutes(0, 30)); // * 0-30 * * *\n```\n\n### Manipulate hours\n```php\n// Every hour at 00 minutes\necho $generator-\u003ehourly(); // 0 * * * *\n\n// Every hour at 15 minutes\necho $generator-\u003ehourlyAt(15); // 15 * * * *\n\n// Every hour at 15, 30, 45 minutes\necho $generator-\u003ehourlyAt(15, 30, 45); // 15,30,45 * * * *\n\n// Every two hours\necho $generator-\u003eeveryTwoHours(); // 0 */2 * * *\n\n// Every three hours\necho $generator-\u003eeveryThreeHours(); // 0 */3 * * *\n\n// Every four hours\necho $generator-\u003eeveryFourHours(); // 0 */4 * * *\n\n// Every six hours\necho $generator-\u003eeverySixHours(); // 0 */6 * * *\n\n// Every 1, 2, 3 hours\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Hours\\SpecificHours(1, 2, 3)); // * 1,2,3 * * *\n\n// Every three hours\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Hours\\EveryHour()); // * * * * *\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Hours\\EveryHour(3)); // * */3 * * *\n\n// Between hours\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Hours\\BetweenHours(0, 12)); // * 0-12 * * *\n```\n\n### Manipulate days\n```php\n// Every day at 00:00\necho $generator-\u003edaily(); // 0 0 * * *\n\n// Every day at 01:00\necho $generator-\u003edaily(1); // 0 1 * * *\n\n// Every day at 03:00, 15:00, 23:00\necho $generator-\u003edaily(3, 15, 23); // 0 3,15,23 * * *\n\n// Every day at 13:00\necho $generator-\u003edailyAt(13); // 0 13 * * *\n\n// Every day at 13:25\necho $generator-\u003edailyAt(13, 25); // 25 13 * * *\n\n// Every day at 03:00, 15:00\necho $generator-\u003etwiceDaily(3, 15); // 0 3,15 * * *\n\n// Every day at 03:05, 15:05\necho $generator-\u003etwiceDailyAt(3, 15, 5); // 5 3,15 * * *\n\n// Every month on the last day at 00:00\necho $generator-\u003elastDayOfMonth(); // 0 0 L * *\n\n// Every month on the last day at 12:00\necho $generator-\u003elastDayOfMonth(12); // 0 12 L * *\n\n// Every month on the last day at 12:30\necho $generator-\u003elastDayOfMonth(12, 30); // 30 12 L * *\n\n// Every month on the last weekday at 00:00\necho $generator-\u003elastWeekdayOfMonth(); // 0 0 LW * *\n\n// Every month on the last weekday at 12:00\necho $generator-\u003elastWeekdayOfMonth(12); // 0 12 LW * *\n\n// Every month on the last weekday at 12:30\necho $generator-\u003elastWeekdayOfMonth(12, 30); // 30 12 LW * *\n\n// Every 1, 2, 3 days\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Days\\SpecificDays(1, 2, 3)); // * * 1,2,3 * *\n\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Days\\EveryDay()); // * * * * *\n\n// Every three days\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Days\\EveryDay(3)); // * * */3 * *\n\n// Between days\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Days\\BetweenDays(0, 12)); // * * 0-12 * *\n\n// Last day of month\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Days\\LastDayOfMonth()); // * * L * *\n```\n\n### Manipulate days of week\n\n```php\n// Every week on monday\necho $generator-\u003eweekly(); // 0 0 * * 0\n\n// Every week on monday and thursday\necho $generator-\u003eweekly(Generator::MONDAY, Generator::THURSDAY); // 0 0 * * 1,4\n\n// Every week on weekdays\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003eweekdays(); // 0 0 * * 1-5\n\n// Every week on weekends\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003eweekends(); // 0 0 * * 6,0\n\n// Every monday\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003emondays(); // 0 0 * * 1\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOnMonday();\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOnMonday(8, 6); // 6 8 * * 1\n\n// Every tuesday\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003etuesdays(); // 0 0 * * 2\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOnTuesday();\n\n// Every wednesday\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003ewednesdays(); // 0 0 * * 3\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOnWednesday();\n\n// Every thursday\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003ethursdays(); // 0 0 * * 4\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOnThursday();\n\n// Every friday\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003efridays(); // 0 0 * * 5\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOnFriday();\n\n// Every saturday\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003esaturdays(); // 0 0 * * 6\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOnSaturday();\n\n// Every sunday\necho $generator-\u003edaily()-\u003esundays(); // 0 0 * * 0\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOnSunday();\n\n// Every monday\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOn(Generator::MONDAY); // 0 0 * * 1\n\n// Every monday at 8am \necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOn(Generator::MONDAY, 8); // 0 8 * * 1\n\n// Every monday at 08:06\necho $generator-\u003eweeklyOn(Generator::MONDAY, 8, 6); // 6 8 * * 1\n\n// Every day of a week\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\EveryDayOfWeek()); // * * * * *\n\n// Every two days of a week\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\EveryDayOfWeek(2)); // * * * * */2\n\n\n// Every Monday,Wednesday, Friday\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\SpecificDaysOfWeek(Generator::MONDAY, Generator::WEDNESDAY, Generator::FRIDAY)); // * * * * 1,3,5\n\n// Between days of a week\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\BetweenDayOfWeek(Generator::MONDAY, Generator::FRIDAY)); // * * * * 1-5\n\n// Last monday of a week\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\LastDayOfWeek()); // * * * * 1L\n\n// Last friday of a week\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\LastDayOfWeek(Generator::FRIDAY)); // * * * * 5L\n\n// Every first monday of every month\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\NthDayOfWeek()); // * * * * 1#1\n\n// Every third friday of every month\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\NthDayOfWeek(Generator::FRIDAY, 3)); // * * * * 5#3\n```\n\n### Manipulate months\n```php\n// Every month on 1-st day at 00:00\necho $generator-\u003emonthly(); // 0 0 1 * *\n\n// Every month on 1-st day at 12:00\necho $generator-\u003emonthly(12); // 00 12 1 * *\n\n// Every month on 1-st day at 12:30\necho $generator-\u003emonthly(12, 30); // 30 12 1 * *\n\n// Every month on 15-st day at 12:00\necho $generator-\u003emonthlyOn(15, 12); // 0 12 15 * *\n\n// Every month on 15-st day at 12:30\necho $generator-\u003emonthlyOn(15, 12, 30); // 30 12 15 * *\n\n// Every month two times  on 15, 24 day at 00:00\necho $generator-\u003etwiceMonthly(15, 24); // 0 0 15,24 * *\n\n// Every month two times  on 15, 24 day at 10:00\necho $generator-\u003etwiceMonthly(15, 24, 10); // 0 10 15,24 * *\n\n// Every month two times  on 15, 24 day at 10:30\necho $generator-\u003etwiceMonthly(15, 24, 10, 30); // 30 10 15,24 * *\n\n// Every month three times on 12, 24, 30 day at 10:345\necho $generator-\u003edailyAt(10, 45)-\u003edaysOfMonth(12, 24, 30); // 45 10 12,24,30 * *\n\n// Every quarter yyyy-01,03,06,09-01 00:00\necho $generator-\u003equarterly(); // 0 0 1 1-12/3 *\n\n// Every year yyyy-01-01 00:00\necho $generator-\u003eyearly(); // 0 0 1 1 *\n\n// Every year yyyy-04-01 00:00\necho $generator-\u003eyearlyOn(Generator::APR); // 0 0 1 4 *\n\n// Every year yyyy-04-05 00:00\necho $generator-\u003eyearlyOn(Generator::APR, 5); // 0 0 5 4 *\n\n// Every year yyyy-04-05 08:00\necho $generator-\u003eyearlyOn(Generator::APR, 5, 8); // 0 8 5 4 *\n\n// Every year yyyy-04-05 08:30\necho $generator-\u003eyearlyOn(Generator::APR, 5, 8, 30); // 30 8 5 4 *\n\n// Every month\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Months\\EveryMonth()); // * * * * *\n\n// Every two months\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Months\\EveryMonth(2)); // * * * */2 *\n\n// Specific months: april and december\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Months\\SpecificMonths(Generator::APR, Generator::DEC)); // * * * 4,12 *\n\n// Between april and december\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Months\\BetweenMonths(Generator::APR, Generator::DEC)); // * * * 4-12 *\n\n// Quarterly\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Months\\Quarterly()); // * * * 1-12/3 *\n```\n\n### Specific time\n```php\n$date = new DateTime('2021-02-05 12:34:26');\n\n// Every year yyyy-02-05 12:34\necho $generator-\u003eon($date); // 34 12 5 2 *\n// or\necho $generator-\u003eset(new \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DateTime($date)); // 34 12 5 2 *\n```\n\n### Custom expression\n\n```php\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Days\\SpecificDays;\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\DaysOfWeek\\SpecificDaysOfWeek;\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Hours\\EveryHour;\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Minutes\\EveryMinute;\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Months\\SpecificMonths;\n\n// * */2 5,10,15,20,25,30 3,6,9,12 1,3,5,0\n\necho $generator\n    -\u003eyearly()\n    -\u003emonths(Generator::MAR, Generator::JUN, Generator::SEP, Generator::DEC)\n    -\u003edaysOfMonth(5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30)\n    -\u003edaysOfWeek(Generator::MONDAY, Generator::WEDNESDAY, Generator::FRIDAY, Generator::SUNDAY)\n    -\u003eeveryTwoHours()\n    -\u003eeveryMinute();\n\n// or\n\necho $generator\n    -\u003eset(\n        new SpecificMonths(Generator::MAR, Generator::JUN, Generator::SEP, Generator::DEC),\n        new SpecificDays(5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30),\n        new SpecificDaysOfWeek(Generator::MONDAY, Generator::WEDNESDAY, Generator::FRIDAY, Generator::SUNDAY),\n        new EveryHour(2),\n        new EveryMinute()\n    );\n```\n\n### Gets next run date\nSee: https://github.com/dragonmantank/cron-expression#usage\n\n```php\necho $generator-\u003emonthlyOn(15, 12)-\u003egetExpression()-\u003egetNextRunDate(); // DateTime\n```\n\n## Using with laravel\n\n```php\n\u003c?php\n\nnamespace App\\Console;\n\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Generator;\nuse Illuminate\\Console\\Scheduling\\Schedule;\nuse Illuminate\\Foundation\\Console\\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;\nuse Illuminate\\Support\\Facades\\DB;\n\nclass Kernel extends ConsoleKernel\n{\n    protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule)\n    {\n        $schedule-\u003ecommand('emails:send Taylor --force')-\u003ecron(\n            Generator::create()-\u003edaily()\n        );\n    }\n}\n```\n\n## Create custom expressions\nTo create a custom expression class you need implement `Butschster\\CronExpression\\PartValueInterface`\n\n#### Example 1\n```php\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\PartValueInterface;\nuse Cron\\CronExpression;\n\nclass Quarterly implements PartValueInterface\n{\n    public function updateExpression(CronExpression $expression): void\n    {\n        $expression-\u003esetPart(CronExpression::MONTH, '1-12/3');\n    }\n}\n```\n\nUsing\n```php\necho \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Generator::create()-\u003eset(new Quarterly()); // * * * 1-12/3 *\n```\n\n#### Example 2\n\n```php\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Days\\SpecificDays;\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Hours\\SpecificHours;\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Minutes\\SpecificMinutes;\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\Parts\\Months\\SpecificMonths;\nuse Butschster\\CronExpression\\PartValueInterface;\nuse Cron\\CronExpression;\nuse DateTimeInterface;\n\nclass DateTime implements PartValueInterface\n{\n    public function __construct(private DateTimeInterface $time)\n    {\n    }\n\n    public function updateExpression(CronExpression $expression): void\n    {\n        $parts = [\n            new SpecificMinutes((int)$this-\u003etime-\u003eformat('i')),\n            new SpecificHours((int)$this-\u003etime-\u003eformat('G')),\n            new SpecificDays((int)$this-\u003etime-\u003eformat('j')),\n            new SpecificMonths((int)$this-\u003etime-\u003eformat('n'))\n        ];\n\n        foreach ($parts as $part) {\n            $part-\u003eupdateExpression($expression);\n        }\n    }\n}\n```\n\nUsing\n```php\necho \\Butschster\\CronExpression\\Generator::create()-\u003eset(new DateTime(new \\DateTime('2021-02-05 12:34:26'))); // 34 12 5 2 *\n```\n\n## Testing\n\n```bash\ncomposer test\n```\n\n## Credits\n\n- [butschster](https://github.com/butschster)\n\n## License\n\nThe MIT License (MIT). 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