CRON JOB gurus what is wrong with this ??

**lazzlo** · 09-12-2009, 01:45 PM

Not a guru by any means but maybe the file needs execute permissions.

**brassmonkey** · 09-12-2009, 01:47 PM

make sure the path to php is right

**lazzlo** · 09-12-2009, 01:49 PM

or there's in error in the path

**greg80** · 09-12-2009, 01:49 PM

change file permision so that user that is running that cron command can execute the file

(make the file executable for it's owner)

**baddog** · 09-12-2009, 01:49 PM

Not sure about cPanel, but with DirectAdmin you use the URL, so public_html would not be in the path.

**brassmonkey** · 09-12-2009, 01:49 PM

{PATH TO PHP} is usual /usr/local/bin/php

{PATH TO PHP} /home/******/public_html/cron.php

**frank7799** · 09-12-2009, 01:54 PM

If you set it up like this:

/home/username/public_html/cron.php

try this way instead (adding php and a space):

php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

If you just use /home/username/public_html/cron.php, the system will try to execute it as a shell script, I think, which causes the above error.

**fuzebox** · 09-12-2009, 01:55 PM

You forgot to put "php" in front of the file you wanted to run.

**halfpint** · 09-12-2009, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by m4yadult

If you set it up like this:

/home/username/public_html/cron.php

try this way insted (adding php and a space):

php /home/username/public_html/cron.php

If you just use /home/username/public_html/cron.php, the system will try to execute it as a shell script, I think, which caused the above error.

ha I think thats the problem because the installation says set the cron up as this

0 * * * * php "path to your website dir"/cron.php

It has the "php" with a space in front

thanks

**woj** · 09-12-2009, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by fuzebox

You forgot to put "php" in front of the file you wanted to run.

if that doesn't work, try full path to php /usr/bin/php or /usr/local/bin/php

**halfpint** · 09-12-2009, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by fuzebox

You forgot to put "php" in front of the file you wanted to run.

thanks .. I just realised what I had done when m4yadult posted

thanks guys for the help

**frank7799** · 09-12-2009, 02:01 PM

Originally posted by halfpint

thanks guys for the help

No problem.

**PornMD** · 09-12-2009, 02:42 PM

GFY CAN be a beautiful thing - problem solved in 20 mins, nice.

**halfpint** · 09-12-2009, 02:47 PM

Originally posted by PornMD

GFY CAN be a beautiful thing - problem solved in 20 mins, nice.

Yep and its free ....people bitch about GFY all the time

I have asked for help a number of times on GFY and people on here have always helped

Thanks GFY and all the peeps that have helped me over the last 2 years

**HomerSimpson** · 09-12-2009, 03:38 PM

needs path to php...

example
0 * * * * /usr/bin/php -q /home/user/public_html/cron.php

you can also use some other command such as get or wget

0 * * * * GET http://www.yoursite.com/cron.php
0 * * * * wget http://www.yoursite.com/cron.php

**fris** · 09-12-2009, 03:40 PM

make sure the php file has a shebang

**brassmonkey** · 09-12-2009, 03:49 PM

Originally posted by HomerSimpson

needs path to php...

example
0 * * * * /usr/bin/php -q /home/user/public_html/cron.php

you can also use some other command such as get or wget

0 * * * * GET http://www.yoursite.com/cron.php
0 * * * * wget http://www.yoursite.com/cron.php

yep

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CRON JOB gurus what is wrong with this ??

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