It depends what you mean by “I want the test.php file to be called not earlier then a specific time each day”.
Setting up a cron job is very straightforward, you just need to simply do:
<?php
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, 'prefix_activation' );
/**
* On activation, set a time, frequency and name of an action hook to be scheduled.
*/
function prefix_activation() {
// Schedule job for 3pm every day
wp_schedule_event( mktime(15, 0, 0, date("n"), date("j"), date("Y")), 'daily', 'prefix_daily_event_hook' );
}
add_action( 'prefix_daily_event_hook', 'prefix_do_this_daily' );
/**
* On the scheduled action hook, run the function.
*/
function prefix_do_this_daily() {
// do something every day
}
What it is you decide to do inside prefix_do_this_daily is up to you.
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