wp_schedule_single_event( int $timestamp, string $hook, array $args = array() )

Schedules an event to run only once.


Description

Schedules an event which will execute once by the ClassicPress actions core at a time which you specify. The action will fire off when someone visits your ClassicPress site, if the schedule time has passed.

Note that scheduling an event to occur within 10 minutes of an existing event with the same action hook will be ignored unless you pass unique $args values for each scheduled event.


Parameters

$timestamp

(int) (Required) Unix timestamp (UTC) for when to run the event.

$hook

(string) (Required) Action hook to execute when event is run.

$args

(array) (Optional) Arguments to pass to the hook's callback function.

Default value: array()


Return

(false|void) False if the event does not get scheduled.


Source

File: wp-includes/cron.php

function wp_schedule_single_event( $timestamp, $hook, $args = array()) {
	// Make sure timestamp is a positive integer
	if ( ! is_numeric( $timestamp ) || $timestamp <= 0 ) {
		return false;
	}

	// Don't schedule a duplicate if there's already an identical event due within 10 minutes of it
	$next = wp_next_scheduled($hook, $args);
	if ( $next && abs( $next - $timestamp ) <= 10 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS ) {
		return false;
	}

	$crons = _get_cron_array();
	$event = (object) array( 'hook' => $hook, 'timestamp' => $timestamp, 'schedule' => false, 'args' => $args );
	/**
	 * Filters a single event before it is scheduled.
	 *
	 * @since WP-3.1.0
	 *
	 * @param stdClass $event {
	 *     An object containing an event's data.
	 *
	 *     @type string       $hook      Action hook to execute when event is run.
	 *     @type int          $timestamp Unix timestamp (UTC) for when to run the event.
	 *     @type string|false $schedule  How often the event should recur. See `wp_get_schedules()`.
	 *     @type array        $args      Arguments to pass to the hook's callback function.
	 * }
	 */
	$event = apply_filters( 'schedule_event', $event );

	// A plugin disallowed this event
	if ( ! $event )
		return false;

	$key = md5(serialize($event->args));

	$crons[$event->timestamp][$event->hook][$key] = array( 'schedule' => $event->schedule, 'args' => $event->args );
	uksort( $crons, "strnatcasecmp" );
	_set_cron_array( $crons );
}


Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-2.1.0 Introduced.