cron jobs in PHP admin to run a PHP file

[JRough]

I want to run a php script every day. The page goes to a directory
and
parses a file and adds data to the database. Where it says "command"
in cron jobs I don't know what it is looking for? Can I put the name
of my php file?

This is what I have:

Minute Hour Day Month Weekday Command
1 8 1-7 1-31
* myPage.php

The reason I am asking is I don't have a clue what PHPadmin wants in
the command box. All I want to do is run the php script.

Thanks,
janis

[Paul Lautman]

JRough wrote:

>I want to run a php script every day. The page goes to a directory
and
parses a file and adds data to the database. Where it says "command"
in cron jobs I don't know what it is looking for? Can I put the name
of my php file?

This is what I have:

Minute Hour Day Month Weekday Command
1 8 1-7 1-31
* myPage.php

The reason I am asking is I don't have a clue what PHPadmin wants in
the command box. All I want to do is run the php script.

Thanks,
janis

usually you would put the path to the php interpreter followed by any
required options followed by the script file name

[BravoFoxtrot]

On May 27, 12:17 pm, JRough <[e-mail]:

I want to run a php script every day. The page goes to a directory
and
parses a file and adds data to the database. Where it says "command"
in cron jobs I don't know what it is looking for? Can I put the name
of my php file?

This is what I have:

Minute Hour Day Month Weekday Command
1 8 1-7 1-31
* myPage.php

The reason I am asking is I don't have a clue what PHPadmin wants in
the command box. All I want to do is run the php script.

Thanks,
janis

You will want something like
01 8 * * * /usr/bin/php /<full_path>/myPage.php

I believe this will run daily at 8:01 and it will execute your php
page.

[Jerry Stuckle]

JRough wrote:

I want to run a php script every day. The page goes to a directory
and
parses a file and adds data to the database. Where it says "command"
in cron jobs I don't know what it is looking for? Can I put the name
of my php file?

This is what I have:

Minute Hour Day Month Weekday Command
1 8 1-7 1-31
* myPage.php

The reason I am asking is I don't have a clue what PHPadmin wants in
the command box. All I want to do is run the php script.

Thanks,
janis

The program needs to be your PHP CLI executable. Parameter should be
-f <your script filename>

(You can leave out the -f - but I leave it in for clarity).

Ensure the cron user has permission to execute your php executable and
read access to the script (plus the appropriate access to any other
resources required).
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[JRough]

On May 27, 11:32 am, "Paul Lautman" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

JRough wrote:

I want to run a php script every day. The page goes to a directory
and
parses a file and adds data to the database. Where it says "command"
in cron jobs I don't know what it is looking for? Can I put the name
of my php file?

This is what I have:

Minute Hour Day Month Weekday Command
1 8 1-7 1-31
* myPage.php

The reason I am asking is I don't have a clue what PHPadmin wants in
the command box. All I want to do is run the php script.

Thanks,
janis

usually you would put the path to the php interpreter followed by any
required options followed by the script file name

SO the php interpreter would be normally be in my http docs somewhere
under where I installed php
but this server is web hosted so I'm assuming it is the url I use to
run the scirpt in my browser.
thanks,

[Paul Lautman]

JRough wrote:

On May 27, 11:32 am, "Paul Lautman" <[e-mail]>
wrote:

>JRough wrote:

>I want to run a php script every day. The page goes to a directory
and
parses a file and adds data to the database. Where it says
"command" in cron jobs I don't know what it is looking for? Can I
put the name of my php file?

This is what I have:

Minute Hour Day Month Weekday
Command 1 8 1-7 1-31
* myPage.php

The reason I am asking is I don't have a clue what PHPadmin wants
in the command box. All I want to do is run the php script.

Thanks,
janis

usually you would put the path to the php interpreter followed by any
required options followed by the script file name

SO the php interpreter would be normally be in my http docs somewhere
under where I installed php
but this server is web hosted so I'm assuming it is the url I use to
run the scirpt in my browser.
thanks,

You assume incorrectly. Your hosting company should tell you what the path
is (it is usually the path that BravoFoxtrot mentioned). They may have it in
a faq somewhere.