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I am running a php script using cron. The name of the file is : PriceChecker.php . This is my cron script

# m h  dom mon dow   command
0 07,11,16,20 * * * php /var/www/mainsite/PriceChecker.php
* * * * * /var/www/mainsite/pricecheck.sh

The shell script is:

#!/bin/bash
php PriceChecker.php >logger.log

The first line is the original. The second is for testing I have tried various variations including: /usr/bin/php /var/www/mainsite/PriceChecker.php

If I log the out in the cron php /var/www/mainsite/PriceChecker.php > logfile.log

The logfile is created, but is empty

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    Guessing without knowing anything else about scripts? I don't think you'll find an answer here :) Commented Nov 29, 2013 at 13:11
  • When you debug line-by-line the PriceChecker.php, at what lines does the code break? And what is written in the error log? Commented Nov 29, 2013 at 13:11
  • What is your script about ? Are you sure it isn't executed ? What is the expected output ? Try to log something on a file using your PHP script itself. Commented Nov 29, 2013 at 13:12
  • It's always safer to refer to the php binary with an absolute path (like /usr/bin/php - execute where php to figure out what to use). Reason is that typically cron offers very little PATH to the tasks it runs. Commented Nov 29, 2013 at 13:14
  • I did that. I used /usr/bin/php. Didnt work Commented Nov 29, 2013 at 13:14

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Same as here, I think Cannot get PHP cron script to run

You forgot to specify the user name you want your script to be run as.

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root. The same username as the one setting the cron, in my case root
You don't need it if you use crontab -u myUser -e
Right. As said before; full paths are better, try to run your script in a root terminal to test it
it works when i run it in the terminal. I am using the following pricechecker.sh : /usr/bin/php /var/www/mainsite/PriceChecker.php >/var/www/mainsite/logger.log
Like I said : try to log something on a file using your PHP script itself.
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Specify the full path of the PHP file to be execute

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that wasn't the issue. I mentioned that I used the full path in the answer
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Okay what worked was CDing into the directory of the script

https://serverfault.com/questions/97828/php-from-command-line-path-problems/97881#97881

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