What to put in cron command?

David Colter

• April 25, 2019 12:27

If the following is used as the cron command, all works great. /usr/local/bin/ea-php72 /home/path to/file.php
With only php /home/path to/file.php
the same file will not run under cron and 500 Server Error will result. Using 'php' it does run with PHP 7.2, but does throw an error and I cannot find the reason why. My ultimate goal is to make the cron use the default php version set in WHM, so that the crontab does not need to be edited as the account's php is updated.

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  sparek-3

  • April 25, 2019 17:45

  Are you using CloudLinux? What does the command which php show?

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  David Colter

  • April 26, 2019 01:48

  What does the command which php show?

  
  # which php /usr/local/bin/php
  and # which ea-php72 /usr/local/bin/ea-php72
  

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  sparek-3

  • April 26, 2019 03:04

  What about md5sum /usr/local/bin/php and cat /home//.htaccess Replace with the username that this cron is running under.

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  David Colter

  • April 26, 2019 12:56

  What about md5sum /usr/local/bin/php and cat /home//.htaccess Replace with the username that this cron is running under.

  
  Thank you for replying. I don't understand what you are suggesting. cat returns no such file or directory

  Are you using CloudLinux?

  
  Yes

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  sparek-3

  • April 26, 2019 15:03

  Well.... without direct answers to my questions, it's hard to diagnose anything. I would presume that /usr/local/bin/php is referencing a CloudLinux, alt-php binary instead of cPanel's PHP. So when you call cPanel's PHP directly - /usr/local/bin/ea-php72 - this works differently than when calling - /usr/local/bin/php - which is CloudLinux's version. But I would suggest that you talk to cPanel or CloudLinux if you have questions about this.

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  sparek-3

  • April 26, 2019 15:06

  Additionally, if you are using CloudLinux and CageFS, you may get different results for /usr/local/bin/php whether you are logged in as root or if you are logged in as the user.

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  David Colter

  • April 29, 2019 17:22

  Cpanel moderator, please close and/or delete this thread. The title is misleading.

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