Crontab doesn't work

Question

I'm trying to install this crontab:

*/1 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.net/httpdocs/administrator/makeXML.php

In crontab there are others scripts installed. In makeXML.php I inserted a control to understand if crontab is executing:

#!/bin/sh
<?php
    $test_file = "../xml_crontab.txt";
    $fp = fopen($test_file, 'a');
    fwrite($fp, "Last xml generation: ".date("Y-m-d H:i:s")."\n");
    fclose($fp);  
        ...
?>

I need to execute this script (makeXML.php) every one minute. What I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

You need to supply the absolute path to the file in your script.

Change the line:

$test_file = "../xml_crontab.txt";

to supply the absolute path to xml_crontab.txt.

Remember that cron isn't running in the same environment as you are and the script wouldn't be able to locate the file with relative pathname.