How do I start a Cronjob with Cpanel/WHM?

Bigzed

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Hey Guys,
I'm using Cpanel and I'm trying to run a PHP Script but it's not working.
It worked when I put "lynx --dumb" in front of the Path but my Provider told me thats not allowed.
So what should I do?
What Do I have to put in front of the Path/URL of the script?

Thanks,
Bigzed.
 

jester.ro

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if you just want to run a php script, this is the best way:


/usr/local/bin/php -f /home/your_username/path/script.php

(make sure the php binary is there, ask you host for the location)

i would recommend against having the php script in your public_html, because sometimes crons are used to do some maintanace on a database for example, and allowing others to run the maintanance script at other times would be bad