How do I start a Cronjob with Cpanel/WHM?

[Bigzed]

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.

 

[germanette]

Try:

GET http://yourdomain.com/path_to_file/file.php > /dev/null

 

[rodstewart]

If i do that i get

/bin/sh: line 1: GET: command not found

Anyone knows why?

 

[jester.ro]

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

 

[rodstewart]

this happen on this

* * * * * GET http://username:[email protected]/cscript.php