How to write cron job in AWS EC2 server

Question

I\'ve created a cron job in AWS EC2 but it is not working.

I followed below steps to create cron tab:

• Step 1: I logged in to AWS EC2 Instace
• step

Answer 1

First of all, you need to put an space between php and /var:

From

* * * * * php/var/www/html/welcome.php

to

* * * * * php /var/www/html/welcome.php
             ^

Then, you'd better use /bin/php instead of just php. To determine where the php executable is located, type which php in your console, it will give you the file path. So it will become something like this:

* * * * * /bin/php /var/www/html/welcome.php
          ^^^^^^^^

More things:

• check if crontab is saved properly? Type crontab -l. Your new crontab line should be there.
• is the script exactly in this dir? Try ls -l /var/www/html/welcome.php.
• is the script executing if you do from console? Try /bin/php var/www/html/welcome.php to see if it is a script or crontab problem.
• does the script have executing mode? Try chmod 755 /var/www/html/welcome.php

Keep us updated so we can find what can be causing the error.