Hello Group, I am brand new to Cron jobs, I hope someone here can help.
I have a blank application that executes fine when I execute it manually in dev mode.
But if I create a Cron job with the following command “/usr/local/bin/php /home/myaccount/public_html/scriptcase/app/HLC/blank_DailyEmailStatus/blank_DailyEmailStatus.php” it will not execute.
I use Scriptcase.host hosting company so the Cron job setup looks to be quite straight forward. I have an email setup so I do get an email notifying me of the Cron triggered. And before I had the path correct I would get an ‘invalid path’ email.
Any ideas of what could be missing? I’m not using any session variable or security on the app. I have not deployed the blank app just trying to test while in dev. Maybe I need to deploy it and try it from there.
Thanks for any insights you might have.
What does the log file say? In general, if you have not a form application, but just php, then there is no reason why it shouldn’t work. However, if you are using libraries, it is possible that there’s a bad reference. But only the logfile can tell.
Thanks for the reply aducom, Yes, only a blank application is being called, no libraries being used.
What log file might you be referring to? Where would I find it? I am hosting with scriptcase.host.
Thanks again
Have you tried to execute the command “/usr/local/bin/php /home/myaccount/public_html/scriptcase/app/HLC/blank_DailyEmailStatus/blank_DailyEmailStatus.php” from the command line? You may get to see other error messages. If it fails on the command line, cron will not be able to run it either.
From one of my team members: disable security and set checkbox to run the application stand-alone should do it.