Run php script in cron job

[mikerh9]

I run one php script in cron job.
So I run the script as follows:
/usr/bin/php check_ip.php

But why I cannot run the script as
follows:
./check_ip.php

When I run like this, I get a lot of errors

[mike@localhost cronjobs]$ ./check_ip.php
./check_ip.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
./check_ip.php: line 2: /bin: is a directory
./check_ip.php: line 3: Filename:check_ip.php: command not found
./check_ip.php: line 4: Author:: command not found
./check_ip.php: line 5: Requirements:: command not found
./check_ip.php: line 6: Purpose:: command not found
./check_ip.php: line 7:

[LordShryku]

Becuase using ./blah.php doesn't tell the system what program to use to run the file. It will try running it as a shell script default to your shell. You should however be able to put a shebang in the script pointing to the php executable.

[mikerh9]

Thanks, 'shebang' solved the problem.

Originally posted by LordShryku
Becuase using ./blah.php doesn't tell the system what program to use to run the file. It will try running it as a shell script default to your shell. You should however be able to put a shebang in the script pointing to the php executable.