Cron Job issue: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect()

dr_lucas

• September 21, 2017 13:09

I think this problem started just after I upgraded from EA3 to EA4, but can't be sure. My error_log shows this error: PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysqli_connect() in... and PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mysql_connect() in... These errors are generated by 2 different cron jobs that I set on my cpanel account long ago and were working fine for years: First cron:
php /home/XXXXX/public_html/admin/YYYYY.php >/dev/null 2>&1
and a similar one in the same directory. I logged in to shell as root (it's a dedicated centos 6.9 server with WHM 66.0.23), and ran the same command as the command written in the cron:
root@host [/]# php /home/XXXXX/public_html/admin/YYYYY.php

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  dr_lucas

  • September 21, 2017 19:10

  ok, I did a bit more investigation and found out the cron is loading this configuration file:
  /home/XXXXX/php.ini
  Instead of the configuration file Apache and litespeed are using:
  /opt/cpanel/ea-php56/root/etc/php.ini
  Why does that happen and how can I fix it?

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  dr_lucas

  • September 21, 2017 19:44

  I might be wrong but it seems like some kind of a bug. There was a php.ini file in my user directory, as stated above, so cron was using it. I disabled the file by renaming it to /home/XXXXX/php.ini.bak Now everything works fine.

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  cPanelMichael

  • September 21, 2017 19:55

  I might be wrong but it seems like some kind of a bug. There was a php.ini file in my user directory, as stated above, so cron was using it. I disabled the file by renaming it to /home/XXXXX/php.ini.bak Now everything works fine.

  
  Hello, It's possible you are noticing this issue due to a change in how php.ini files are managed. This is discussed in more detail on the following threads: SOLVED - cPanel 66 Update MultiPHP INI Editor Changes php.ini changes in cPanel 66 Additionally, here's an example of how to use PHP in cron job commands: PHP command examples: General example: /usr/local/bin/php /home/username/public_html/path/to/cron/script Domain-specific example: /usr/local/bin/ea-php56 /home/username/domain_path/path/to/cron/script
  Thank you.

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