Author Topic: Simple question about a php cron script (Read 1078 times)

airwaves · November 07, 2009, 11:30:03 am

Hi There,

I would like to make a simple php script to be scheduled by a cron handler, but my knowledge of php is to basic I quess.
My hosting provider doesn't let me run php scripts with additional information behind the filename (so behind the "?").

http://www.in2xc.nl/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/bin/civimail.cronjob.php?name=cronxxxx&pass=xxxxxxxxxxx&key=baOqAxxxxxxxxxxVOcljDVDLiSiSuUR7
(bold isn't processed by the cron handler)

So I'm looking for a php script to run the civi crons

I came up with this file "cron.php"

<?php
@include("http://www.in2xc.nl/administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/bin/civimail.cronjob.php?name=cronxxxx&pass=xxxxxxxxxxx&key=baOqAxxxxxxxxxxVOcljDVDLiSiSuUR7");
?>

But it doesn't seem to work. How do I know the cron does run?

Who can give me a push in the right direction?

Edwin

conductorchris · December 01, 2009, 08:49:35 pm

can you put the location including username, password and key past the ? into a simple file and have the cron job point to that file?

xavier · December 01, 2009, 09:50:49 pm

Hi,

If you are using a cron, you need to have a program that "click" on that link. wget or curl are two programs that are cron compatible browsers. Look at the documentation for the exact syntax.

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