Problem with executing php scripts via Scheduler (cron)
 

Hi there

I've been having problems running php scripts via the scheduler that would normally be run via a url in the browser (for example, www.mydomain.com/script.php).

One particular script runs a mysql backup utility script. When I run it directly from the browser it works without issue, but when I run it via cron I get nothing.

I've tried the following with no success:

/usr/bin/wget -O -q http://www.mydomain.script.php
/usr/bin/php -q /path/to/script/
wget -q http://www.mydomain.script.php

My system is running Debian 6.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers


Jim

What you see in cron logs? /var/log/cron ?

I'm seeing stuff like:
Feb 16 03:46:01 li273-156 /USR/SBIN/CRON[27108]: (root) CMD (curl -O http://domain.com/?ACT=14&auth=BM36F76Z)

But I'm not getting the same result as I get from running the script in the browser.

What's the official way to run a php script that could also be run in the browser? curl? wget?

Try run in ssh
and are you have any result?
If it work try add this commant to Cron

That completely worked! Many thanks Slava.