PHP

PHP's built-in file_get_contents or cURL extension can be used — no extra packages needed.

Using file_get_contents

<?php

function pingCronping(string $token): void
{
    $url = "https://ping.cronping.com/{$token}";
    $context = stream_context_create([
        'http' => [
            'timeout' => 10,
            'ignore_errors' => true,
        ],
    ]);

    try {
        @file_get_contents($url, false, $context);
    } catch (\Throwable $e) {
        error_log("Cronping ping failed: " . $e->getMessage());
        // Don't rethrow — the job succeeded, only the notification failed
    }
}

// Your job logic
function runBackup(): void
{
    // ... your code here ...
}

runBackup();
pingCronping('<token>');

Using cURL

More control over timeouts and response handling:

<?php

function pingCronping(string $token): void
{
    $url = "https://ping.cronping.com/{$token}";
    $ch = curl_init($url);

    curl_setopt_array($ch, [
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT        => 10,
        CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT => 5,
        CURLOPT_FAILONERROR    => false,
    ]);

    $result = curl_exec($ch);

    if ($result === false) {
        error_log("Cronping ping failed: " . curl_error($ch));
    }

    curl_close($ch);
}

Using Guzzle

If your project already uses Guzzle:

<?php

use GuzzleHttp\Client;
use GuzzleHttp\Exception\GuzzleException;

function pingCronping(string $token): void
{
    $client = new Client(['timeout' => 10]);

    try {
        $client->get("https://ping.cronping.com/{$token}");
    } catch (GuzzleException $e) {
        error_log("Cronping ping failed: " . $e->getMessage());
    }
}

In a Laravel command

<?php

namespace App\Console\Commands;

use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

class NightlyBackupCommand extends Command
{
    protected $signature = 'backup:nightly';

    public function handle(): int
    {
        // ... your job logic ...

        try {
            Http::timeout(10)->get('https://ping.cronping.com/<token>');
        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
            logger()->warning('Cronping ping failed', ['error' => $e->getMessage()]);
        }

        return Command::SUCCESS;
    }
}

In a Symfony console command

<?php

namespace App\Command;

use Symfony\Component\Console\Attribute\AsCommand;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
use Symfony\Contracts\HttpClient\HttpClientInterface;

#[AsCommand(name: 'app:nightly-backup')]
class NightlyBackupCommand extends Command
{
    public function __construct(private readonly HttpClientInterface $httpClient)
    {
        parent::__construct();
    }

    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
    {
        // ... your job logic ...

        try {
            $this->httpClient->request('GET', 'https://ping.cronping.com/<token>', [
                'timeout' => 10,
            ]);
        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
            $output->writeln('<comment>Cronping ping failed: ' . $e->getMessage() . '</comment>');
        }

        return Command::SUCCESS;
    }
}

Using file_get_contents

Using cURL

Using Guzzle

In a Laravel command

In a Symfony console command

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