Run PHP script at regular intervals using CRON

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I am kinda newbie to this, I have a php script which I want to execute after every 1 hour, for this I updated the crontab file inside the /etc directory but I am not able to see whether its actually being called.

Here's the entry in my crontab file

SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
MAILTO=root
HOME=/

# run-parts
01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly
02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily
22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly
42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/curl -o temp.txt http://myurl.com/postparser.php

I am not even able to see any temp.txt file getting generated Can someone point me in the right direction

Anush Prem · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-25 12:12:43Z

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try running

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php /path/to/php/file/postparser.php

Change the /usr/bin/php part to your php executable path.

answered Jul 25, 2011 at 12:12

Anush Prem

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k102 Over a year ago

and in php file all paths need to be absolute

Sandhurst Over a year ago

in my server I dont see any such directory I have only usr/bin but no php . what should I do ?

Anush Prem Over a year ago

write a page with only the following function phpinfo();. it will give you your php configuration details. In that find PHPRC which will be a dir. that dir will have php in it. So if your PHPRC has value /usr/lib/php try changing /usr/bin/php' to /usr/lib/php/php`

Sandhurst Over a year ago

I do not see anything called PHPRC I think the server is using Zend framework..in that case what should be the path

pleasedontbelong · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-25 12:16:41Z

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Not sure about this but, changing just the file would have no effect. Try editing the tasks using the command crontab -e ("e" for editing).

If you want to edit the crontab for a certain user, use the -u parameter

for more, check the man: http://linux.die.net/man/1/crontab

Good luck

answered Jul 25, 2011 at 12:16

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