cron job problem

[edpudol]

I am trying to run a php script in my server using cron job, but I keep getting a Permission denied error.

the code is look like this /home/public_html/folder/script.php

I never tried to run cron job before, does anyone can help...

 

[Dale Hubbard]

You need to tell the cron what program to invoke it with.

I don't know what interface you're using to run the job, but first off it needs to know when to run, and then the path to the executable that runs the command. An example in your case might be something like:

0 22 * * * /usr/bin/php -q /home/public_html/folder/script.php

The above will run the cron job at 22:00 each day.

Google for 'cron php'

Good luck!

 

[sleddogrob]

Sounds like you have the cron job set up correctly but your srcipt.php does not have the correct permissions. You need to do a chmod on the file script.php.

If you are using CPanel open file manager and locate the script you are trying to run. Click on your script file and then on the right side of the screen you will see change permissions. Click that and you will be allowed to set the permissions.

BE VERY CAREFULL CHANGING PERMISSIONS BECAUSE YOU WILL OPEN UP YOU SCRIPT FOR THE WHOLE WORLD!!!!

 

[goodyork]

if you run php just as bash shell
you need put
#/your/path/to/php
at fisrt line , and do chmod

other way , do same as aZooZa

 

[movil]

If you have curl , you can mount it this way:

0 22 * * * curl \"http://yourdomain.com/script.php\"

This will execute the php like if you type it on the address bar of your browser. This way it\'s easy to log as well ( if you \'ve this script printing some report ):

0 22 * * * curl \"http://yourdomain.com/script.php\" >/path/to/your/file.txt 2>&1

Just an advice, the quotes are not meant to be escaped, remove the \\ . I\'m browsing his through a special browser.