I want to run a php script using cron job on localhost. My script is located at:
/opt/lampp/htdocs/rrugd/myscript.php
Since opt is under root, I tried adding the cron job for root, as well as normal user, but it is not executing. This is the cron job for executing the php script every 2 minutes:
*/2 * * * * php /opt/lampp/htdocs/rrugd/myscript.php
My script is basically meant to truncate a table from the database. It will actually be happening at midnight, so the actual variables of cron job will change to
00 00 * * * php /path/to/script.php
But for testing I've used every two minutes. Ive searched on the internet, and AU, but I cannot get it to run. I saw something related to setting a PATH but I didn't understand what is to be done exactly in that method.
Also, I would like to specify that the PHP script myscript.php DID NOT execute on CLI with the PHP command, however it does execute when executed or called through the browser on localhost!
PHP Information:
some@somepc$: php -v
PHP 5.5.3-1ubuntu2.2 (cli) (built: Feb 28 2014 20:06:05)
Copyright (c) 1997-2013 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2013 Zend Technologies
with Zend OPcache v7.0.3-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2013, by Zend Technologies
Assuming its php5; There are instance of using php into a cronjob. You may try one of these by following;
php5 in terminal you will need php5 cli installed. First, check whether php5 & cli functionality is available. for that;johan@ubusrv:~$ php -v PHP 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.3 with Suhosin-Patch 0.9.6.2 (cli) (built: Jul 23 2008 06:44:49) Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The PHP Group Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2007 Zend Technologies
The command displays that your php5 version along with php5 (cli) installed. If not, install it using the following command;
sudo apt-get install php5-cli
php or its binary path to the cronjob as below;using php or php5
*/2 * * * * php /opt/lampp/htdocs/rrugd/myscript.php
using php binary path
*/2 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /opt/lampp/htdocs/rrugd/myscript.php
You may also use below commands to find where your php/php5 path is;
johan@ubusrv:~$ which php /usr/bin/php johan@ubusrv:~/cli$ whereis php php: /usr/bin/php /usr/share/php /usr/share/man/man1/php.1.gz johan@ubusrv:~/cli$ type -a php php is /usr/bin/php
www or public_html directory and call the path properly on the cronjob.*/2 * * * * wget -q http://localhost//myscript.php
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