Cronjob Problem Plzzz Help

I have a php file that has a simple code to send goodmorning email to a mail id. the file sends goodmorning mail whenever i visit it through web browser. now i want to put it in cronjob so that it sends goodmorning mail every 30 minutes. i have written

30 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/username/domain.com/send.php

as my cronjob entry. yet it is not sending me any mail. i have even added
#!/usr/local/bin/php -q

in my php file. am not getting any error mail also. plz help

That other thread you posted in did have a suggestion to try the following syntax:

/usr/bin/curl -s -o /dev/null http://www.domain.com/send.php

If you're using the panel to enter the cronjob, you don't need the 30 * * * *, so I'm hoping you did this via crontab -e on the command line.

-Scott

sorry 2 bother u again but am using crontab -e command. i don't have access to anything else. am writing

30 * * * * /usr/bin/curl -s -o /dev/null http://www.ashishtiwari.com/send.php

in my crontab. the file http://www.ashishtiwari.com/send.php works fine when i execute it using browser or using command line but whn i write this in crontab, it is not working. plzzzz help me..

30 * * * * curl -s -O http://www.ashishtiwari.com/send.php

Thanx for the reply but this one also didn't work... what should i do ?

Being nosy, I typed it into my browser and got a "Mission Accomplished" page.

Try:
30 * * * * /usr/bin/curl http://www.ashishtiwari.com/send.php

It may dump results in your mailbox, but at least you'll know it's working. I tried it from command line, and it does work. Make sure to use full path for curl.

-Scott

thanx 4 the reply, yes i got the mail i.e. output of the send.php as am a beginer , i would be thankfull if you could plz let me know how to find out "full path for curl" ? & am not getting any mails in my mailbox

Full path is /usr/bin/curl
To find out, type 'which curl' on the command line.

-Scott

Thanx scott for that reply but the problem remains the same now my entry in crontab looks like

30 * * * * /usr/bin/curl http://www.ashishtiwari.com/send.php

but it still won't work. what else can i try ?

as suggested futher up the thread, it should be

30 * * * * /usr/bin/curl -s -o /dev/null http://www.ashishtiwari.com/send.php

Alternatively in the panel, go to cron jobs, and enter

/usr/bin/curl -s -o /dev/null http://www.ashishtiwari.com/send.php

If that doesn't work, it's likely to be your code that's broken... try attaching debug vars, catching errors, and emailing the result to yourself via the mail() function (pass or fail with errors).

Cheers,
Karl

web design, development & seo by DigitalVibe

<?php
$mail = '****@****.com';
$sendto = '*****@****.com';
$msg = "Good Morning";
if(mail($sendto, $subject, $msg, "From: $mail"))
{
echo "Mission Accomplishd";
}
else
{
echo"OOPS Application made a POO POO";
}
?>
this is the code written in send.php file

I presume there's more in the send.php file?

- Subject has no value according to that code snippet.

- I meaning that if there was code at work somewhere before it sends the mail, then to trap errors in that block of code and email you a report saying there was a problem.

- An "echo" is useless if you're running a cron job like that because you're never going to see the resulting success/fail message... it needs to mail() you the error.

Cheers,
Karl

web design, development & seo by DigitalVibe

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Crontab

*/30 * * * * /usr/bin/curl -s http://domain.com/send.php 1>&2 &>/dev/null

My example should be working already though (i use it on several domains already), which is why i'm suspecting it might be a php code error.

All we know is that "it doesn't work". We don't know any more, so hopefully if the eu can get some sort of debug script together, we can see why it's failing.

Cheers,
Karl

web design, development & seo by DigitalVibe

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My example should be working already though

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I concur. There's nothing wrong with digital's cronjob.


These all work via cron as well:

30 * * * * curl -s -O http://dom.com/path/file.php ~ Will run and NOT bug you with a cron msg mail : See here

30 * * * * curl -s http://dom.com/path/file.php ~ Will run AND WILL bug you with a cron msg mail

30 * * * * curl http://dom.com/path/file.php ~ Will run AND WILL bug you with a cron msg mail


I find /usr/bin/ directives are unnecessary when calling curl.

Maybe the problem is occurring because of a bad php configuration or handler on the domain.com, maybe an old php, maybe an old apache 1.3 handler.

execute it directly with php5:

30 * * * * /dh/cgi-system/php5.cgi /home/user/domain.com/send.php 1>&2 &>/dev/null

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