PHP: Require path does not work for cron job?

Question

I have a cron job that needs to include this file:

require \'../includes/common.php\';

however, when it is run via the cron job (and not my

Answer 1

Technically seen the php script is run where cron is located; ex. If cron was in /bin/cron, then this statement would look for common.php in /bin/includes/common.php.

So yeah, you'll probably have to use fullpaths or use set_include_path

set_include_path('/home/username123/public_html/includes/');
require 'common.php';