cron job to run php

[tampriscilla]

How to set up "cron job" in webmin to run a php script?

i've tried to create a new cron job under webmin -> system-> Scheduled Cron Jobs
and for the "Command", enter
/usr/bin/php -q /var/www/eastarts/downdb11.php> /dev/null

the file "downdb11.php" is the file, i want it to run every mins. When this file is run, a new txt file should be generated!!
But it doesn't work!!

Thx in advance!!

😕

[stolzyboy]

the way you are doing it will require that php is installed via cgi...

otherwise, you'll need to use wget or lynx to run the php page if you have PHP installed as an apache module...

you can find this info out by running a [man]phpinfo()[/man] page

[Trent_Hatred]

Just did this today.

First, install Lynx. If it's not installed already, type: up2date lynx at a shell prompt, and it will install it and all dependencies for you.

Then, add a new cron job such as:

01 12 * lynx -dump http://path.to/script.php

You can add it via webmin if you'd like, it works just fine.

Cheers,
B