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I'm creating a simple "Happy birthday" add on that replies to the thread owned by the user whose birthday it is (to try and learn cron jobs mainly). I'm able to make replies, etc., using unconventional methods (directly starting XF.php and running queries to post replies), but trying to put it into an add on with the appropriate structure to run it as an installable add on using XF's native cron job system.

I could keep it all in 1 file and use *nix cron jobs to call it, but I'm trying to...

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