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DeepakB
DeepakB

Reputation: 130

Setup a cronjob for PHP script in ubuntu & PHP

I want to setup a cronjob for PHP script in ubuntu

I enter this command in terminal

$ crontab -e

Then I choose nano editor which is recommended by ubuntu. Then I enter the blow line into that. Then I press control+C, it asking Y/N for save. I press Y and F2 for close.

* */2 * * * root php /var/www/html/script.php

Other things I've tried:

* */2 * * * /var/www/html/script.php
* */2 * * * root /var/www/html/script.php

After that, I restart cron using the below command.

sudo /etc/init.d/cron restart

Then I check crontab list using crontab -l, it says no cron job set for the root user.

I tried to directly create a crontab.txt file into the cron.hourly / cron.d directory with one of the above line.

I tried numerous forum and all says crontab -e then enter or create crontab file inside cron directory. Nothing is helping me. I am scratching my head.

What is the correct way to create cronjob for php script in ubuntu 16.04 & php version 7.0

Upvotes: 0

Views: 7799

Answers (2)

A l w a y s S u n n y
A l w a y s S u n n y

Reputation: 38502

Try like this to set crontab using root user,

sudo crontab -e

Do your changes via nano or vim. Finally save and quit

* */2 * * * /var/www/html/script.php
* */2 * * * root /var/www/html/script.php

No need to restart again using this sudo /etc/init.d/cron restart

Upvotes: 2

SlaWitDev
SlaWitDev

Reputation: 467

Try this one (as root user): 1. sudo crontab -e

* */2 * * * php -f /var/www/html/script.php > /dev/null 2>&1

OR

* */2 * * * cd /var/www/html/; php -f script.php > /dev/null 2>&1

for crontabs runing as www-data user use command sudo crontab -u www-data -e for editing

after save crontasks will be installed automaticaly.

OR You can create tmp_crontask_file with content * */2 * * * php -f /var/www/html/script.php > /dev/null 2>&1 AND next use sudo crontab tmp_crontask_file for install cron(s) from file (as root) sudo crontab -u www-data tmp_crontask_file (as www-data user).

Edit 1: WARNING! If you install cron from file (last option) content of file overwrite existing crontab.

Upvotes: 1

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