[SOLVED] Help with cron

[ryy705]

Hello,

 

I am trying to use cron to send out emails from my site.  Here is what I put in my crontab:

[email protected]
*/5 * * * * /absolute/path/test.php

 

And here is whats in test.php:

<?php
mail('[email protected]','subject','message');
?>

 

test.php is set to 777. But cron is running every five minutes but its failing to execute the php file and sending me error messages. I'll post them below:

 

/absolute/path/test.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory

/absolute/path/test.php: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `'[email protected]','subject','message''

/absolute/path/test.php: line 2: `mail('[email protected]','subject','message');'

 

I have tried this in two different webhosts and got the same result.  Any input and help would be appreciated.  Thank you.

 

[Jabop]

* * * * * php /dir/file.php

[ryy705]

Thank you.  I will try it and respond after 5 min.  Thank you again.

[trq]

Should be...

 

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/php /absolute/path/test.php

 

Cron doesn't have much of an environment.

[ryy705]

Thank you it worked