run a php script from a cron

[rshan]

Hi,

I'm trying to run a php script from a cronjob and can't seem to get it working.

When I run the script from the shell command prompt:

# ./myscript.php

the scripts works fine

I then inserted a cron job using:

crontab -e

and inserted the following:

3 23 * * * /usr/bin/php /var/pathtoMyscript/myscript.php

and nothing seems to happen.

I left off the -q and have a few echo commands within the script but I don't get an email of the output either.

Any ideas??

Thanks.

[scathefire]

i will assume apache is running, perhaps you should invoke your php page using wget. still use cron but try:

/usr/bin/wget http://localhost/path/to/mypagename.php

If you are wanting output then don't use personal crontabs, use the system's crontab, /etc/crontab. There you can set your mailto and even who to run as. Should give you any output the script generates as well.

[elija]

You could also try

3 23 * * * /usr/bin/php /var/pathtoMyscript/myscript.php >> /home/usershome/myscript.log

If you want to run the cron job as root then (under Ubuntu) sudo crontab -e wont do the job reliably. This drove me nuts for hours!

Instead try

sudo su -
crontab -e

[rshan]

Thanks for the input everyone. I got it to work by first having the cron navigate to the directory the php was in:

1 3 * * * cd /pathtoPHPfile/;/usr/bin/php -q -f myscript.php