[SOLVED] php and cron

[bobinindia]

I want to run a php script as a cron job on my local machine.

I don't get the path system. If my php file is in applications as it is with MAMP what is the path to execute the script with cron? OS X tiger.

Very simple I suspect.

[marklarah]

Well I use MAMP as well. First, get leopard  ;).

 

Second, you need to play around doing something in terminal... This is more a unix issue, so I suggest you move this topic to the relevant board unless someone knows more than I. Try google though.

[marklarah]

unless this helps:

 

http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2001/12/14/terminal_one.html?page=2

 

[bobinindia]

I have been googling all day.

I am sure it is sooo simple.

 

I have a script at

http://localhost:8888/process/testing/onetime.php

I want it to run as a cron job.

 

10 1 * * * /usr/bin/wget -q localhost:8888/process/testing/onetime.php

 

What is wrong with this.

Is there some path info missing or something else

Thanks

[trq]

Is there some path info missing or something else

 

Yes, localhost:8888 is not part of any filesystem path.

 

I don't use MAMP so I'm not sure where exactly your servers root documents are stored, one way you could find out would be to write a php script with the following in it.

 

<?php echo $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; ?>

 

from there you just append to ten of the path.

 

eg; If you can access your script via http://localhost:8888/process/testing/onetime.php in your browser, and the above $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] prints /var/www/ then your path would be...

 

/var/www/process/testing/onetime.php

[bobinindia]

the root is

/Applications/MAMP/htdocs

 

so i made my cron

 

06 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -q /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/process/testing/onetime.php

 

and nothing happened.

???

[trq]

and nothing happened

 

How do you know? What exactly does the script do? Have you checked your cron logs?

[bobinindia]

Nothing happens is sure as i know the script works when i open it in my browser,

It runs a thumbnail script since you asked.

The problem must be the path to the script or my cron syntax.

Also how do you see the logs for cron?

Thanks

[trq]

The problem (didn't notice it before) is your calling the script with wget. You need to call it with php.

 

06 * * * * /usr/bin/php /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/process/testing/onetime.php

 

Otherwise, if it needs to be executed via the server you can call it with wget, but wget expects a url. eg;

 

06 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -q http://localhost:8888/process/testing/onetime.php

[bobinindia]

Still no luck trying both those lines.

This is what is in the crontab:

 

# The periodic and atrun jobs have moved to launchd jobs
# See /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
#
# minute        hour    mday    month   wday    who     command
08 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -q http://localhost:8888/process/testing/onetime.php

 

 

Nothing else. Maybe I have to do it somewhere else though it is meant to still work in Tiger.

We might be moving away from a php issue here.

[trq]

Yeah, I'de say weve gone way out of the realm og it being a php issue. You have waited until the 8th minute of each hour?

[bobinindia]

i change that each time i try for a couple of minutes ahead.

I am stupid but...

[bobinindia]

simply needed to rebuild the cron by issueing

crontab /etc/crontab

from the  command line after altering the cron.

Thanks for all the thoughts