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WebPanel => PHP => Topic started by: intellitech on January 31, 2015, 04:40:25 PM

Title: PHP Cron Job
Post by: intellitech on January 31, 2015, 04:40:25 PM

Trying to run a cron via the crontab in a user account, doesn't seem to trigger the job.
Cron was set to run every 5 mins, and the command line to the php script used is as follows: php -f /home/demo/public_html/cron.php

This however doesn't seem to be working - although the cron saves & shows as active in the webpanel.

Any ideas?

Title: Re: PHP Cron Job
Post by: Administrator on February 04, 2015, 01:41:55 AM

try using a full path for your php

from command line you can get a full path
which php

Title: Re: PHP Cron Job
Post by: ali on May 21, 2015, 08:00:56 AM

Dear All.  This is how my cron job worked.

* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/username/public_html/crontest.php

Title: Re: PHP Cron Job
Post by: paulgee3 on January 26, 2025, 02:54:33 AM

Hi in my case on Almalinux it was

* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /targetdir/RunTasks.php >> /targetdir/logs/errors.log &2>1

as I wanted to append >> an error as well however in my case " &2>1" did not work but works perfectly without it!

does anyone know why?

thought I would post this to help others, if you want the error log also include your usual error settings at the head of the script i.e.
in my case wanted everything :)
error_reporting(E_ALL); // Error/Exception engine, always use E_ALL
ini_set('ignore_repeated_errors', TRUE); // always use TRUE
ini_set('display_startup_errors', true);
ini_set('display_errors', true); // Error/Exception display, use FALSE only in production environment or real server. Use TRUE in development environment
ini_set('log_errors', TRUE); // Error/Exception file logging engine.
ini_set('error_log', '/targetdir/logs/errors.log'); // Logging file path