PHP integration
Cron Expression Explainer with PHP
Use this PHP example to call GET /v1/explain with an API key. This page contains a language-specific snippet, auth notes and links back to full docs — not a thin doorway duplicate.
What you need
- An API Seeker key (Free plan is enough to start)
- Base URL
https://crongen.apiseeker.com - Path
/v1 - Header authentication via
X-SEEKER-Key
PHP example
PHP
<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://crongen.apiseeker.com/v1/explain");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["X-SEEKER-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;Expected response shape
JSON
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"expression": "0 9 * * 1-5",
"valid": true,
"summary": "At minute 0 of hour 9, every day of month, every month, on weekdays Mon–Fri"
},
"request_id": "req_example"
}