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Why doesn't my cronjob work?

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Stubru Freak
I want it to execute a php file.
The URL of the file is http://battleschool.frih.net/admin/cronjobs.php

I used this line for the cronjob:
Code:
/usr/bin/php -q /home/stubrufr/domains/battleschool.frih.net/public_html/admin/cronjobs.php


Why doesn't it work?
When I open the URL in my browser it does work.
ChrisCh
Possibly because the URL is password protected. How can anyone help you if we can't access the page in question? Razz
Daniel15
ChrisCh wrote:
Possibly because the URL is password protected. How can anyone help you if we can't access the page in question? Razz

I don't think cron jobs can access password protected pages.
If you don't want anyone else accessing the cron job, the just put the PHP file outside your web root. For example, move the PHP file to /domains/battleschool.frih.net/cronjobs.php, and then use:

Code:
/usr/bin/php -q /home/stubrufr/domains/battleschool.frih.net/cronjobs.php


Nobody will be able to access the file via a web browser, but it will still work

Another method is checking to see if a cron job is running the script, or a browser. If it is a browser, don't let them in. There are numerous ways to do this, but the best way is to check for a remote IP (cron doesn't set a remote IP) I can tell you how to do this, if you want.
Stubru Freak
daniel15 wrote:
Code:
/usr/bin/php -q /home/stubrufr/domains/battleschool.frih.net/cronjobs.php


Doesn't work for some reason, altough cronjobs.php is in that folder.
I'm on server 2 (.frih.net)
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