Using CRON for a php script?

[fshagan]

I have a need to use CRON to run a php script, but it doesn't seem to be working.

The script imports messages from USENET into a forum in phpBB. I can run it from the browser, but I can't get a CURL command to make it work (I can, however, use CURL on another site on the same server with another script I'm running ... phpAdsNew ... for banners).

Any advice on this one? I'm trying to set up the CRON job in C-Panel, using the "Standard" option, with the command:

CURL http://www.mysite.tld/thispage/thatp...c/newssync.php

And it doesn't run. I don't get the email notification, and can't find any error messages in the logs. Very strange!

[infosender]

Hi there,
This is below a working command for a sql backup via php,scheduled and executed by CRON.

php -q /home/myusername/public_html/export.php myusername_forum

So,as i suppose for you this must works also:

CURL /home/yourusername/public_html/thispage/that...nc/newssync.php

or
php -q /home/yourusername/public_html/thispage/that...nc/newssync.php

[fshagan]

Thanks! That worked.

I am getting errors, one of which is:

Failed loading /usr/local/Zend/lib/ZendOptimizer.so: /usr/local/Zend/lib/ZendOptimizer.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Which I think means cron is trying to call ZendOptimizer, but cannot find it. I submitted a help ticket on that one, with low priority. The script runs and does what its supposed to do, even with the errors.