wp_get_schedule and wp_next_scheduled don’t find my scheduled wp-cron job

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I have tried the following two approaches, each resulting that the cronjob gets added over and over again, until I remove the code. I literally had it scheduled hundreds of times…

if(!wp_next_scheduled('send_order_surveys')){
    wp_schedule_event(time(), '30min', 'send_order_surveys');
}

if(!wp_get_schedule('send_order_surveys')){
   wp_schedule_event(time(), '30min', 'send_order_surveys');
}

What am I doing wrong?

1 Answer
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Well, I found the answer in the actual documentation:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_next_scheduled/

in form of a comment by “ub3rst4r”:

Note the $args parameter! Not specifying the $args parameter in wp_next_scheduled but having $args for wp_schedule_event will cause many events to be scheduled (instead of just one).

Bad Example:

if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'myevent' ) ) { // This will always be false
    wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', 'myevent', array( false ) );
}

Good Example:

$args = array( false );
if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'myevent', $args ) ) {
    wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', 'myevent', $args );
}

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