[SOLVED] cronjob question

[affordit]

From what I read a cronjob will run automatically based on what I specify in the file is that right?

If it is, is there somewhere special that the job should be placed in my directory so that it will be executed or what. I have some code I would like to run everyday but I am not sure where to put them to make it happen. Can someone point me in the right direction Please.

 

Thanks in advance.

[Aureole]

If you have cPanel - Advanced > Cron Jobs > Experience Level > Standard

 

Command to run:

/usr/local/bin/php -q /home/veraci7y/public_html/folder/cron/script.php

...for example. Then just choose the times and what-not.

 

If you don't have cPanel, then I don't know.

[laffin]

as the above example

use full paths, than it dun matter where yer script is.

 

[affordit]

I don't know if I have cPanel or not My domain is hosted by Yahoo small business and I have not been able to get an answer out of them yet.

[Aureole]

www.yourdomain.com/cpanel

 

If you get a 404 Page then you don't have cPanel, otherwise you do...

[affordit]

/usr/local/bin/php -q /home/veraci7y/public_html/folder/cron/scriptname.php

Where would I run the above code from?

[affordit]

OK apparently I don't have cpanel got an error

[laffin]

u can always check where yer scripts are

<?php
   header("Content-type: text/plain");
   echo "working path: ". get_cwd();
   echo "php path: ". system("find php");
?>

 

this shud work fine in linux environments, windows will fail on the find php command.

[affordit]

I get a blank page when I run that code.

[laffin]

oops. replace find with which.

<?php
   header("Content-type: text/plain");
   echo "working path: ". get_cwd();
   echo "php path: ". system("which php");
?>

 

had a brain burp.

[affordit]

Still a blank page

[laffin]

than u prolly have a windows based server. there is no which replacement.

u can try looking thru phpinfo(); and see if u can find the php executable in there.

[affordit]

Well I guess that solves that this is what I found:

 

cron job

A cron job is a command available to Unix system users that makes possible the automated execution of a task at predefined time intervals. One might set up a cron job to create hourly backups of a database, for example, or to send daily emails. Yahoo! currently does not support the use of cron jobs, but we hope to offer this feature with your plan in the future.

 

Is there another way to run this script at regular intervals?

[Aureole]

Get a decent host.

[laffin]

nope not at regular intervals. well methods from their server.

 

u can try doing it remotely, just by having an application check the url.

WinCron

tied in with a batch file and WGet for windows

 

shud do the trick or if u have php on yer pc, wincron and a php script.