Help with cron job

Derick88

Hi,
I don't understand how to use a cron job command.
I want to execute a PHP file every minutes, IF possible every seconds.
That's all, Thanks!

NogDog

Setting up cron jobs is an aspect of system administration. It has nothing to do with PHP other than a given cron job can execute a PHP script if desired. If you have a web site on some hosting provider's system, you may have a cron tool as part of your site control panel (or site admin too, or whatever they call it). If not, you may need to contact your hosting provider to find out how (or if) you can set up cron jobs for your site.

Derick88

Yes the Cron job is available in the control panel, I just don't know what command I can write to execute a file in /home/(user)/public_html/phptorun.php
Thanks

NogDog

The command could be something like:

/usr/bin/php -f /home/(user)/public_html/phptorun.php

You need to confirm which directory the PHP executable is in, and adjust the "/usr/bin/php" portion accordingly.

Alternatively, you can make sure the php file has execute permission, and use the "shebang" line at the top of the file so that the system knows how to run it:

#!/usr/bin/php
<?php
// . . .
?>

Then you could just specify the PHP file's path in the cron tool instead (without the path to the PHP executable).