[UPHPU] run PHP CLI with cron

[Joseph Scott]

On Nov 8, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Walt Haas wrote:

> Wade Preston Shearer wrote:
>> I have a PHP script that runs as intended and without errors when  
>> run manually from the command line. When I set cron to run it,  
>> however, it fails. It is my understanding that cron executes the  
>> script as the user that set up the cron job. Is that true? What  
>> would be different from when I run it manually compared to when  
>> cron is running it?
> Usually some environment variables - the path may not include   
> everything you need to run your script, even though it runs with  
> your permissions.  You didn't say exactly what you're running on  
> but the usual thing is to pare down the path to the minimum.


I second the idea of looking at environment variables, often times no  
path will be set so it won't be able to find the programs you are  
trying to run.  That is a common issue with cron jobs that don't work  
but run fine manually.

For instance, you should call 'php your_script.php' it should be  
something like '/usr/local/bin/php /path/to/your_script.php'.   
Obviously substitute the location of your php binary and script file  
for the real thing on your system.  This would hold true even for  
basic things like grep and awk, you need to provide the full path the  
file.

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Joseph Scott
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