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Can someone setup a cron job to execute a script for me?


EliReid

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Hi 

 

I've been stuck trying to execute a script for a few weeks now and I really need help.

 

The script is supposed to schedule social media posts via functions.php and wp-load.php but I get errors.

 

Can someone do me a favour?

 

Drop your email and I'll send you the details to connect to my database.

 

Thanks

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If you show the errors someone can most likely help.

 

Does it come down to owner permissions such as root or www-data?

 

are you calling to a shell file then execute?

directly calling to the php script?

 

Most admin panels have the ability to easily create a new cron job

You could research which panel you are using and find out how.

 

I use webmin

Go to system/Scheduled Cron Jobs

Create a new scheduled cron job.

select the user for permission

insert a command something like this

/usr/bin/php -q /var/www/my-php-script.php

select when or how often would like it to run

click Create

 

Is other places to set crons as well such as in

etc/cron.d

etc/cron.daily

etc/cron.hourly

etc/cron.monthly

etc/cron.weekly

 

Since I use ubuntu will link you to here which is similar to other linux versions and cron commands

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto

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