Using Cron jobs to execute PHP script?

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I just got cron jobs for my website and I am trying to figure out how to make it execute the job every 1 minute, that isnt the problem. my problem is i don't know what I should put for the command to execute. This is what the page looks like in my cpanel

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I want it to execute a script from my website which is located here - http://www.mymcstatus.net/scripts/update.php.

What command would I use to do this?

PS: From one of the comments posted I used curl http://www.mymcstatus.net/scripts/update.php works perfectly.

So for the command would I just put "wget mymcstatus.net/scripts/update.php" ? — Duncan Palmer
– Duncan Palmer, Commented Dec 7, 2011 at 3:04

user557846 · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07 03:05:24Z

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   (may need path)php (server file path)update.php

that's the minimum

Using PHP from the command line

answered Dec 7, 2011 at 3:05

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Duncan Palmer · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07 03:09:38Z

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From one of the comments posted I used curl http://www.mymcstatus.net/scripts/update.php works perfectly.

answered Dec 7, 2011 at 3:09

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user894932 Over a year ago

this may work, but there is nothing to stop anyone accessing the url, triggering whatever your 'cron' is doing. - you might want to put scripts of this nature outside your root or put a .htaccess file in to a folder to deny all access (this won't stop cron looking at it though). :-)

Alasdair · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07 03:31:30Z

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You run a PHP script with cron using the PHP command:

php /path/on/server/to/script.php

That will work, but any file paths inside the script will be relative from the cron directory and not the PHP script directory. So make sure you use absolute paths in the script instead of local paths, or change the script's working directory at the top of the script.

A little cheat is to use wget to load it which will still use the relative paths, but I'm not a fan of that method.

answered Dec 7, 2011 at 3:31

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