Scheduling Task using Cron to run php script on a shared server

[scriptee]

Hi ,

I wan to run a php script using cron on my host server.

Its a Linux based server and I am allowed to use cron.

I want to run a php script with includes. I tried some suggestions which I found on the net but it didn't work the include files are not executed.

I am new to cron but knows the basic.
Any help is much appreciated.

This may help ...

The website is hosted on a Linux server running PHP version 4.4.4.
Server API : Apache


Thanks
-- Scriptee

[ak1dnar]

I've moved your question from the articles section to the forum.

[scriptee]

I've moved your question from the articles section to the forum.

Thanks !
Sorry, about that .

[mwasif]

What do you mean by this?

I tried some suggestions which I found on the net but it didn't work the include files are not executed.

[scriptee]

What do you mean by this?

I tried this from a tutorial like adding

#!/usr/local/bin/php

as the first line of my script where "#!/usr/local/bin/php" is my server's PHP executable location.

This runs a php script without any includes perfectly but when there are include files then it doesn't work.

[Atli]

I tried this from a tutorial like adding

#!/usr/local/bin/php

as the first line of my script where "#!/usr/local/bin/php" is my server's PHP executable location.

This runs a php script without any includes perfectly but when there are include files then it doesn't work.

Are you giving a relative path to the files you want to include or absolute paths?

I would assume that you would have to use absolute paths. But then again, I have never tried this.