I have a script that I want to run everyminute. I understand how to set the timings of it, I've set it as:
*/5 * * * *
My script that I want to execute is at /var/www/html/domain.co.uk/content/inc/download-feed/banter.php
Would I just have my crontab entry as:
*/5 * * * * /var/www/html/domain.co.uk/content/inc/download-feed/banter.php
Or is there something else I need to add to it?
Thanks!
Your cron won't run every minute (instead it will run every five minutes).
Usually, the system does not know what to do with a .php-file. So you have to use the php-interpreter and the file as argument for it:
*/5 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /var/www/html/footy-feed.co.uk/content/inc/download-feed/banter.php
or if you want to run it every minute:
* * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /var/www/html/footy-feed.co.uk/content/inc/download-feed/banter.php
Please note: the path "/usr/local/bin/" can be different on your system.
You'll need the full command, so you are basically missing the php interpreter in the code code you posted. Replace
/var/www/html/domain.co.uk/content/inc/download-feed/banter.php
with
/usr/local/bin/php -f \
/var/www/html/domain.co.uk/content/inc/download-feed/banter.php
If your php executable live somewhere else, you'll need to adjust /usr/local/bin/php.
It depends whether you have the PHP commandline interpreter installed, and whether the code inside your PHP script will just run by itself.
If it's just a piece of PHP you'd normally run from a web browser, it might not work. What's inside it?
If you want to process it with PHP, you better run it with:
*/5 * * * * php /var/www/html/domain.co.uk/content/inc/download-feed/banter.php
Check if you have executable rights on the script file.
Make sure you don't edit the /etc/crontab, but use crontab -e so the config will be saved.