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[kamcm]

Hello, I don't know how to use crontab to run PHP without using wget and lynx

1) The PHP script can run via SSH command line mode without problem
2) I can use crontab to run the PHP script with wget or lynx.

However,

3) The script will not run if i using below entry

1 2 * * * php /path/to/script/crontest.php
1 2 * * * php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php
1 2 * * * php -f /path/to/script/crontest.php

1 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/php - /path/to/script/crontest.php
1 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /path/to/script/crontest.php
1 2 * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php

Please give me some suggestion.

Thanks

Kam

[SmartTux]

what is the output of "php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php" when directly run through shell ?

Are those in root's crontab ?

[kamcm]

Originally Posted by SmartTux

what is the output of "php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php" when directly run through shell ?

Are those in root's crontab ?

I had tested both of them

/var/spool/cron/root
/etc/crontab

They also did not run.

[SmartTux]

What do you get when you run the following on shell ?

php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php

OR

/usr/local/bin/php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php

[kamcm]

Originally Posted by SmartTux

What do you get when you run the following on shell ?

php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php

OR

/usr/local/bin/php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php

If i type in

#> php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php

via SSH.

The script will run and I can received notification email.

Kam

[SmartTux]

Does the cron log show any error for this particular cron ? Do you get any error via email as to why it didnt run ?

Another alternative is to create a file with just :

#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php

Chmod to 7 and add to cron as "bash scriptname"

[kamcm]

Originally Posted by SmartTux

Does the cron log show any error for this particular cron ? Do you get any error via email as to why it didnt run ?

Another alternative is to create a file with just :

#!/bin/bash
/usr/local/bin/php -q /path/to/script/crontest.php

Chmod to 7 and add to cron as "bash scriptname"

This alternative method is work,

Thank you for helping

Kam