Cron Job Question

[bjs]

I'm trying to set up my first cron job using the 'Standard' option in cpanel.

 

I've set up a php script that will delete expired records from a database.

 

In the command field, I've entered this path to the php script I want to run:

/home/mycpanelname/cronjobs/flush_jobs.php

 

As you can see, I've put the php script in a folder called cronjobs outside of my public_html folder.

 

I'm going to adjust the settings so that this script run every night at midnight, but for now I'm having it run every minute for testing purposes.

 

The problem is that when the cron job runs, I get an email with this error:

 

/bin/sh: line 1: /home/mycpanelname/cronjobs/flush_jobs.php: Permission denied

 

Thanks,

[MikeJ]

Make sure your php script has execute permissions set and make sure you have this as the very first line of your php script

>#!/usr/local/bin/php

 

Or you can enter the cron entry like this:

>/usr/local/bin/php /home/mycpanelname/cronjobs/flush_jobs.php

[bjs]

Thanks Mike! It worked.