cron job help

craptakular · 12 Mar 2012 at 06:46

Would this be the right path to execute the script:

php -q /home/username/public_html/folder1/folder2/execute.php

If the script is physically located in:

http://mydomain.com/folder1/folder2/execute.php

It's the path I have told cronjob to use on my shared web hosting account.

shine · 12 Mar 2012 at 09:36

We don't know the structure of your hosting account so cannot confirm. If you have terminal access you can check if that is correct path by running the following command:

ls -lrt /home/username/public_html/folder1/folder2/execute.php

If that command find the file then the path is correct. If you don't have terminal access then try it and see if it works.

craptakular · 12 Mar 2012 at 10:47

Well as its shared hosting my account sites within /home/username and my website is within public_html... I guess I will find out when it runs on Thursday

Dunks · 12 Mar 2012 at 10:50

Well if you're sure that's the right directory, then it should work

craptakular · 12 Mar 2012 at 11:00

I'm 96.8% sure

visibleman · 12 Mar 2012 at 11:09

The path will be listed either under your control panel or do a $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] from within the directory and it'll list the path (alternatively just create a phpinfo(); page).

craptakular · 12 Mar 2012 at 11:27

visibleman said:
The path will be listed either under your control panel or do a $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] from within the directory and it'll list the path (alternatively just create a phpinfo(); page).

yeh thanks I have got the directory correct.