Cron Jobs and PHP

PHP
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Hello,

I am curious as to how one would go about executing a PHP script via cron job.

I have a script that will send me a simple email.
I would like a cron job to execute the script once an hour.
How could I go about doing this?

I am running on the Apache module.

Thank you,

Eric

2

I did mine through cpanel and its quite straight forward. From memory you need to add php to the front of the path to the code.

3

You coudl use exec() and pass the cron command as an argument.

4

Hey again,

I’m attempting to do mine through cPanel as well.
Do I just give the file path where it says “command”?

Thanks again,

Eric

5

I figured it out.

Thanks. :smiley:

6

We use a lot of cron scripts too and since no one has posted an example on this thread, I thought I would for anyone looking for an example.

“/usr/bin/php” “/home/myserver/scripts/cron/queue-message.php” >& /dev/null

For schedule of script execution you need to understand how the five parameters work (minute, hour, day, month and weekday) and once you’ve
got a grasp of these, execution of scripts is pretty flexible for when you want to.

7

Using cpanel you can call a shell script that isn’t located in your public_html folder:
/home/username/bin/scripts/cron_file.sh

Or you can use curl to call a page on your site:
curl http://www.example.com/cron.php

Or you can call php to run a file
/usr/local/bin/php -q /home/username/public_html/mysite/cron.php

All of these are valid cpanel cron jobs

8

Hi guys,

My host’s cron (Server API: CGI/fastCGI) support absolute URL of the php like: (http://www.mysite/example.php )

But what I’ve got is a command:
php “/web/mysite/mysite.com/administrator/components/comex/helpers/cron.php” username=“admin” passwd=“adminpass” template_id=“50”

Is there possible to execute this command with custom php?(or I’m not sure the host enable .sh if so, how can I put the php command in the shell script to get the cron the full URL path?)
Could somebody help me out how can I solve it?

Thanks in advance
gizda