I am trying to execute a php file via cron every 2 minutes, but it's not working. My crontab is:
*/2 * * * * usr/bin/php /var/www/test/cron.php
What am I doing wrong?
asked Apr 29, 2015 at 12:36
2 Answers
Check the output of which php and use the absolute path for php (in my case /usr/bin/php5).
*/2 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/test/cron.php
or just
*/2 * * * * php /var/www/test/cron.php
For clarification, the default $PATH for cron is
PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
You can check the $PATH with a test entry (Source):
* * * * * env > /tmp/env.output
Thus, the file
/tmp/env.output
is created.
You'll have to remove the entry * * * * * env > /tmp/env.output afterwards.
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i don't understand. i have to define path inside the crontab? PATH=/opt/someApp/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin */2 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/test/cron.php like this ? Apr 30, 2015 at 5:25
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No, you need
*/2 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/test/cron.phpif your php interpreter can be found here/usr/bin/php– A.B.Apr 30, 2015 at 5:40 -
thank you so much. now it's working properly . i was wrong @path mapping. May 1, 2015 at 4:12
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kindly, i am new here and this is my first post so i am not aware of rules in regulation in detail. again thanks for help. May 1, 2015 at 7:34
My recommendation would be to put call the script using standard web path, so you don't mingle the users and permissions, e.g. instead of doing:
/usr/bin/php <script>
rather do:
/usr/bin/wget -q http://localhost/test/cron.php
Then you need to make sure the script can be called just from localhost (f.e. using Apache2 access policy).
This way the cron script will be always run under the same user as the website which is a good policy to have in place.
/for the path:/usr/bin/php