Cant get crontab to work, PLEASE HELP !!!

Hi All

I have now spent the last 2 hours going through every result on google, using each code to try and get this to work.

Bsically, i want every hour, to run a php file i have.

What i have done,

1) Created a (ssh).txt file

7 14 * * * /home/fhlinux139/c/cabubble.co.uk/user/htdocs/email_test.php

Code (markup):

*This code has changed sooo many times to try and fix it.

2) Logged in using putty
3) used "crontab ssh.txt" command to run it.
4) checked using -l that it has actually been picked up (which is has)
5) waited and waited and waited for my php file to run, but it doesnt.

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Im sure if it is thecode in .txt file which is wrong, like i said, ive used sooo many different combinations ect to link to the php file, i have also change the time each time so i know that bit aint the problem.

Please help

 

The cron you have listed will run daily at 2:07PM server time. It won't run hourly.

If you want it to run hourly at 7 past each hour then you need to use:

7 * * * * /home/fhlinux139/c/cabubble.co.uk/user/htdocs/email_test.php

 

try like this.. often u need to tell ur server who wanna run ur script.. here we want php interpretor to take over

 

Thanks for you help,

The timer was just to test it for that time so make sure my path for the php was correct.
After your replies and thinking about it, maybe the server time is different i dont know. I have now tried using just the minute time, and still now luck.

I think the path to the php is the problem, i have tired the php -q option and still no luck.

Any other ideas???

 

Try this

7 14 * * * /usr/bin/wget -O - -q -t 1 http://www.yourdomain.com/path/to/email_test.php

Code (markup):

Kailash

 

This still doesnt work, what is the usr/bin for?

i have been told that my path for scripting is /home/fhlinux139/c/cabubble.co.uk/user/, i have tried both and still nothing.

My php file is just code to send me an email,

 

/usr/bin is a directory on Linux server which contains all the Linux command. wget is one of the linux command through which you can execute PHP file. Not sure why it is not working for you. I suggest you to contact your host to check why it is not working.

Kailash