cron job on cpanel

[chriscloyd]

i need a php script to run every 10 minutes but then i get an email saying there was an error

[Danny Beckett]

Well what was the error?

[chriscloyd]

public_html/test22/includes/delete_spam.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
public_html/test22/includes/delete_spam.php: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `"../db.php"'
public_html/test22/includes/delete_spam.php: line 2: `include("../db.php");'

[steviewdr]

For cronjobs - you need to specify full system paths. You also need to make sure that cron can run php. You might have to specify something like:

/usr/bin/php /home/user/public_html/file.php

You also need to make sure that permissions are correct on the file.

A last resort if the above doesnt work is to specify this command in cron:
/usr/bin/wget http://mywebsite.com/myfile.php

The above will definately work.

-steve

[chriscloyd]

when u say
[QUOTE]specify this command in cron[/QUOTE]
what do u mean like the command i ahve right now is
/usr/bin/php /home/user/public_html/test22/includes/delete_spam.php

[steviewdr]

[code]/usr/bin/php /home/user/public_html/test22/includes/delete_spam.php[/code]

If thats what you have - it should work. I take it you have tried the above script on the server itself (via a system() ) or exec function, or better yet - when logged into the server (via ssh or ftp)??

If the above aint work - I would go the wget route.

-steve

[chriscloyd]

okay i get this error after the code i ahve right now just ran
Status: 404
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.4
Content-type: text/html

No input file specified.

[chriscloyd]

this is now what i got
/bin/sh: /usr/bin/wget: Permission denied

[steviewdr]

/bin/sh: /usr/bin/wget: Permission denied

Apache may not be able to run wget so. Thats that option done.

Basically you just want cron to run/access a php script. You will have to do some more digging.

Best of Luck with it.
-steve