Cron Jobs & PHP

danielneri

Im trying to execute a php script from a cron job.

The command im using is "php -q /path/to/backup.php". but everytime the script is run, i get an error saying "No input file specified".

What am I doing wrong?

Nuvo

If your host is using mod_php and doesn't support PHP via CGI, CRON won't be able to run the job as the module can't be executed via the command line.
Also, is that the whole of the command you're using?
CRON jobs usually follow this format:

[minute] [hour] [day of month] [month] [day of week] [command to run]

But I can't claim to be an expert on CRON as I pretty much never use it.

danielneri

I'm running the cron through c-panel the 'simple' way. So the only invalid command would come from this statement "php -q file.php".

From what i've read thats not exactly an invalid command.

I guess I'll send a ticket to bluehost and see if they can help.

Thanks!

WatchOut

Did you solve it, mate? That's nothing i can help you with directly, but i can try to get help..

Nuvo

danielneri wrote: »

I'm running the cron through c-panel the 'simple' way. So the only invalid command would come from this statement "php -q file.php".

From what i've read thats not exactly an invalid command.

I guess I'll send a ticket to bluehost and see if they can help.

Thanks!

Like I said, if they are using the Apache module, mod_php over CGI, it might not be possible to do that command with straight up CRON as the module version of PHP isn't available from the command line \ terminal \ console \ whatever you want to call it.
There's scripts out there that tackle this issue in other ways though, so if CRON won't work for you, it might still be possible.

danielneri

Ok I solved it

My host requires me to specify the path of php instead of using php -q i have to use:
"/usr/bin/php -q /home/USERNAME/public_html/PathToFile{@}