Help with a cron job please!

[Orbitz]

Hi,

I was reading some threads on how to setup a cron job, but still could not get it work.

There is no errors on my script. I could execute it from my browser. The result would send me an email.

I had it set up as the following:

every other hour, i will execute a php file


[0] [*/2][*][*][*] (without the brackets)

/home/myusername/sqlmonitor/sqlmonitor.php > /home/myusername/sqlmonitor/log.txt

Is the setup wrong?

Thank you!

[JPC-Masood]

If your php script is a cli based, then there should be no problem. However if your script is regular php script for web and you can run it from the web, then you may need to call it using php like this:

php -q /home/myusername/sqlmonitor/sqlmonitor.php

where php is the cli binary.

[Orbitz]

Quick response!
Thank you! it works perfectly now. My script is a regular php.
masood, You've saved me lots of time.

[JPC-Masood]

Glad to be of help