Using wp_insert_post with WP Network in a cron script

Question

I have network of sites, and I need to import data into them via a cron job. Obviously wp_insert_post is meaningless in this case, since i'm not in a blog...i'm in a cron script. I also read that switch_to_blog is deprecated, yet I can't find any alternative. How do I set the blog to post to?

Answer 1

switch_to_blog isn't deprecated anymore. You can use it just fine. However, it does have a bit of overhead, so you want to use it as little as possible.

Answer 2

Actually the solution is much easier than this....$wpdb->set_blog_id($blog_id); does exactly what I need it to do.