Running a PHP script with Cron

[Rilbur]

I'm trying to figure out how to run a PHP script using the Cron feature, unfortunately I'm not having much luck. My first effort gave me the following error:

/bin/sh: public_html/processTimes.php: Permission denied

I'm assuming I'm screwing something up somewhere, but I can't seem to find any resources to answer my question. Once I get the cron function running properly, I'll move on to actually writing out the code for processTimes.php; I know I can do that, so the time-consuming aspect of the situation is getting it to run via cron.

Can anyone point me at useful references?

[Vanessa]

You either need to make the script 755 for permissions, or specify an interpreter:

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/usr/bin/php /home/yourusername/public_html/processTimes.php

[ganesha]

You would need to put "php" before the path to the PHP script, in order to pass the file as an arguement to the PHP cli (Command Line) interpreter:

* * * * * php /home/mywebsite/public_html/cronjob.php

I would not recommend having the cronjob run every minute, though.

[elizabethmc]

You would need to put "php" before the path to the PHP script, in order to pass the file as an arguement to the PHP cli (Command Line) interpreter:

* * * * * php /home/mywebsite/public_html/cronjob.php

I would not recommend having the cronjob run every minute, though.

Thank you very much for the tips. As someone totally new to cron jobs, I found them very helpful!