[RESOLVED] setting up a CRON to run a php script

[sneakyimp]

i found a tutorial for running php script cron jobs here:
http://www.htmlcenter.com/tutorials/tutorials.cfm/155/PHP/

however, that tutorial recommends using lynx to access the absolute url of your script. e.g.: http://mydomain/cron.php

this seems a bit roundabout to me. can anyone recommend a different approach that doesn't require heading out onto the internet with lynx, looking up my domain, and then requesting a public (!) script that i would rather have private?

[etully]

Most (but not all) Unix servers allow you to run php on the command line. You can make a cron job that triggers:

php /path/to/the/filename.php

This is nice because you can put the PHP file in any directory, even one that is not exposed to the Internet.

[sneakyimp]

before setting up my crontab, i tried:
php /path/to/filename.php

but it didn't work. i had to do
/usr/bin/blah/blah/php5 /path/to/filename.php

thanks for help.

[bradgrafelman]

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