Executing a PHP script with a CRON Job [closed]

Answer 1

So something like this:

00 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/john/myscript.php

The 00 * * * * means hourly /usr/local/bin/php - where php main engine is in /home/john/myscript.php - the script to run (physical path)

You can use also @hourly special key:

@hourly /usr/local/bin/php /home/john/myscript.php

Answer 2

Are you using a company to host your website?

As you should have a icon in your c panel called cron jobs from there you can tell it what script to execute and when.

Answer 3

Crontab needs the full path on your server.

0 0 * * * php /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/httpdocs/scripts/example.php

This will execute every day at midnight.

Answer 4

If You have a sudo access to your linux server :- Then do the following

sudo crontab -e

This will open the cron tab for you on your server.

Next thing is you have to do a cron entry for the file which you want to execute

00 00 * * * /usr/local/bin/php "path of the php file which you want to execute"

00 00 * * * this will run your cron at midnight daily, means at 0hrs and 0mins