Cron Trouble

[Dman8568]

I have a PHP script I need to run through Cron.

 

I've tried several different things, but I always get an error message sent to my cron E-Mail address

 

I know for PEARL you need to put the path to PEARL at the top of the file. Do you need to do something like that in PHP?

 

 

 

 

Many Thanks,

Dman8568

[TCH-Rob]

I believe you need something like

 

>/usr/bin/php

[Dman8568]

Ok, I've tried that, and it didn't work.

 

Here is the top of the script I need to run through cron:

>#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
...
...
?>

 

Here is the Error Message I'm getting in my Cron Inbox:

/bin/sh: /home/wvtroop/system/cron/clean_db.php: /usr/bin/php

: bad interpreter: No such file or directory

 

 

Any Ideas?

 

 

Many Thanks,

Dman8568

[TCH-Bruce]

Set your cron job up using something like this:

 

>/usr/bin/php -q /home/yourCPANELname/public_html/path-to-script

[Dman8568]

So I would put into the cron panel of CPanel

>/usr/bin/php -q /home/wvtroop/system/cron/sessions_clean.php

In order to run the program at "/home/wvtroop/system/cron/sessions_clean.php"

 

Is this right?

Edited January 22, 2006 by Dman8568

[TCH-Bruce]

That would not be correct unless "system" is a folder at the same level as your "public_html" folder and sessions_clean.php was inside of it.

[Dman8568]

Yes I have a folder below the Public_html folder called "system"

 

I have my dir tree set up like this:

>/wvtroop/
 public_html/
 system/
cron/
db/
includes/
  sub-routines/

[TCH-Bruce]

>/usr/bin/php -q /home/wvtroop/public_html/system/cron/sessions_clean.php