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@NogDogMay 21.2008 — #It could be an environment issue, as cron jobs typically do not have all the path and other environment variables set that you do in a shell environment. Possibly invoking it via the shell would help. The simplest thing might be to create a shell script that launches your PHP script, then simply call that script from cron, e.g.:
my_cron.sh:
(Adjust the "/usr/bin/sh" in the first "shebang" line to point to whichever shell you want to use on your server.)
Then your cron would just be:
Calling PHP with Cron
I am able to call a PHP script from the command line of Linux with the desired results, but when I call it as a Cron job it has various errors.
The Cron is:
0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * *
I am thinking it’s a permissions issue. Maybe I have to tell it which user should run the script? I just figured Cron out this afternoon.
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@NogDogMay 21.2008 — #It could be an environment issue, as cron jobs typically do not have all the path and other environment variables set that you do in a shell environment. Possibly invoking it via the shell would help. The simplest thing might be to create a shell script that launches your PHP script, then simply call that script from cron, e.g.:my_cron.sh:
<i>
</i>#!/usr/bin/sh
/usr/bin/php -q /vservers/wheredidshegetit/htdocs/imap.php
(Adjust the "/usr/bin/sh" in the first "shebang" line to point to whichever shell you want to use on your server.)
Then your cron would just be:
<i>
</i>0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /vservers/path/to/my_cron.sh