Azure function requires subscription to remove cold start, for small project, it may not be cost effective hence creating a simple api call to "wake up" azure function during possible active time will be a good option temporarily
Action Plan
Create an api call php (NHM_cron.php), schedule to call to every 15 minutes during
Tue – Sun 10 to 6
Mon + PH off
Implementation
The api call:
https://node.azurewebsites.net/api/RetrieveAnchors?code=qq/27Mm4uk1g==
Cron job
using cpanel cron job
every 15 minutes, 10am – 18pm every weekday (Tue to Sat)
curl php setup
inside NHM_cron.php
<?php
// create curl resource
$ch = curl_init();
// set url
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://node.azurewebsites.net/api/RetrieveAnchors?code=qq/27Mm4uk1g==");
//return the transfer as a string
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// $output contains the output string
$output = curl_exec($ch);
// close curl resource to free up system resources
curl_close($ch);
?>
Change server timezone
add the following to php.ini in root folder of the server
date.timezone = "Asia/Singapore";
https://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.asia.php