Cron Jobs with PHP and other File Types

Overview

This article will provide examples of different commands you can use in Cron Job. If you need a different explanation on Cron Jobs, please refer to this list of Cron Job articles.

• Cron Job Basics
• Setup or Remove a Cron Job
• Crons Running at Specific Date and Time
• Specify a Cron Job to use a Specific php.ini File
• Cron Jobs with PHP and other File Types

Depending on the home directory your account resides on you may need to adjust /home/ to /home#/. To view the home directory for your account, simply view the stats column on the main cPanel page of your account and look for the home directory.

Cron Jobs with PHP and other File Type

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PHP

Command to run a PHP5 cron job:

            php /home/username/public_html/cron.php
            

Optional flags are sometimes required for a PHP cron job:

            php -q /home/username/public_html/cron.php
            

Command to use a specific php.ini file:

            php -c /home/username/public_html/php.ini /home/username/public_html/myscript.php
            

Command to GET a remote file:

            /usr/bin/GET http://www.example.com/file.php
            

Perl

Command to run a CGI cron job:

            perl /home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/file.pl
            

SSH

Command to run a shell script cron job:

            /bin/sh /home/username/public_html/file.sh
            

MySQL

It is good practice to not type your password out in the following commands but to use the -p flag alone and have the system prompt you for the password. This is why your password stays secure and is never on the server as plain text.

Command to import a database:

            mysql -u mysql_user -ppassword database_name < backup.sql
            

Command to export a database:

            mysqldump -u mysql_user -ppassword database_name > backup.sql
            

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