Script works if run from Browser - Error from Cron

[over9k]

The Line in Question is:

<?php
   $weatherApi = implode('', file('http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=65459'));
...

 

Cron is returning:

/home/me/public_html/extra/weatherGet.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
/home/me/public_html/extra/weatherGet.php: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `('
/home/me/public_html/extra/weatherGet.php: line 2: `        $weatherApi = implode('', file('http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=46802'));'

 

I have a lot of code that relies on the contents of $weatherApi to be the output of: http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=65459

It works fine if I run the script by entering the URL into the browser but fails when scheduled by Cron.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks

[premiso]

Post the CRON line you have. As that code above looks fine, chances are your PHP CLI syntax is incorrect.

[over9k]

*/5 * * * * /home/me/public_html/extra/weatherGet.php

 

 

Thanks Premiso

I plan on making it run less frequently when I get it working, Running it every 5 min for now.

 

Permissions on weatherGet.php are 775

[premiso]

Your cron is setup to execute just the page, it is going to read it in and attempt to execute it as a shell commands. You either have to send it to the PHP CLI:

 

http://www.devarticles.com/c/a/PHP/PHP-CLI-and-Cron/1/

 

Or open a browser instance to that page. I would suggest the CLI method from the link I posted above.

 

EDIT:

Modified the URL to the correct "Part"

[over9k]

Thanks Premiso

Working Cron line:

*/5 * * * * php /home/me/public_html/extra/weatherGet.php