Cron issues

Matthew Yarro

• October 20, 2014 14:52

I have looked and read through quit a few posts, but I just can't seem to get my cron to work. I have tried: /usr/local/bin/php -q public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php Which says it cannot open the file input and I have tried: /usr/local/bin/php5 -q public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php Which says that /usr/local/bin/php5 doesn't exist and this: -q /public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php Which results in: public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php: line 3: require_once: command not found public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php: line 4: require_once: command not found public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php: line 6: require_once: command not found public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php: line 9: =UPDATE user SET user_auto_login = 'no': command not found public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php: line 10: syntax error near unexpected token `$query_is' public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php: line 10: ` mysql_query($query_is) or die('Invalid query: ' . mysql_error());' Which I assume means that it can find the cron file but doesn't understand it's PHP because I removed the first part of the cron equation. But when I put it in there: /usr/local/bin/php -q public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php It says it cannot open the file input. I am at a bit of a loss. Any help would be helpful and appreciated.

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  dalem

  • October 20, 2014 21:25

  you have forgotten some parts try /usr/local/bin/php -q /home/username/public_html/cron/reset-security-codes.php

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 21, 2014 12:59

  Hello :) Yes, it looks like you are missing the "/" before public_html in the commands you referenced. Let us know if the suggested entry in the previous post is helpful. Thank you.

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  Matthew Yarro

  • October 21, 2014 17:22

  Figured out a few issues that were causing the error to occur and thought I would share for anyone else pulling hair out of their head: 1). I had to change the permissions to both the folder contain the file and the file itself. They are currently set at 755 (folder) and 644 (file). 2). The pathing for PHP includes was causing an error, but it wasn't showing up in the log. Instead of using relative paths, I used a fully qualified path: /home/username/public_html/settings/settings-config.php With all the other help--thank you--it is working like a gem.

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  cPanelMichael

  • October 21, 2014 17:51

  I am happy to see the issue is now resolved. Thank you for updating us with the outcome.

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