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Ben
Asked: 2010-08-29 09:08:47 +0800 CST

Can't execute PHP via cron

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My cron commands are "php -q PATH-TO-FILE"

I'm getting "/bin/sh: php: not found" errors. What path should I be using to execute PHP, or how can I find out?

update

PHP5-cli is now installed. Now I'm getting /bin/sh: /var/lib/php5: Permission denied when all of these are run as root

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3 Answers

  1. Because your crontab does now know what the ENVIROMENT is so you must tell the PHP path.

    /usr/bin/php -q PATH-TO-FILE

    If the file is not on the above path which is the most common path in most default installation you can run the bellow command to find where it is:

    whereis php
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  2. Best Answer

    The command-line interpreter of PHP can be a separate package. I know it is in Debian. On Ubuntu the following command should install the requisite tools:

    sudo apt-get install php5-cli

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  3. I was getting the error like this

    /bin/sh: 1: usr/bin/php: not found

    I was missing the '/' I made the changes like this 

    */3 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/admin/cron.php

    Now it is working. The path should be correct

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