[SOLVED] Call a php script from a cronjob

[johncowan]

Greetings,
I'm playing with creating cronjobs, which are new to me. I have a php script that writes to a log file with some simple output. My php script works; I've tested that. I know the basics of adding a cronjob, but I can't get my php script to run from my cronjob. My php script is named: mylog.php.

currently my cronjob looks like this:

30 15 * * * /home/jdc/myfiles/mylog.php

I'm thinking that I need to use the php command to run the php script. Can anyone let me know how to do this or tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks,
JohnC

[johncowan]

Do cronjobs only run on a webserver? I'm not running a webserver, I'm only doing this on my laptop. A friend mentioned that she thought crons could only work when running on a server setup.

Thanks

[elija]

You will need to have the php cli version installed and then call it with

php  /home/jdc/myfiles/mylog.php

[johncowan]

Thank you,
I actually figured this out just before I read your post. I'm not sure what you mean by the php "cli" (client?). But, it was the path to the mycron.php file. I needed the full path, as you posted.

That lets my file run.

Thanks again for the help.

How do I mark these threads complete or resolved?

[johncowan]

sorry, I miss posted my file name. It is /home/jdc/myfiles/mylog.php. It works.