[INFO] The Cron Jobs Instruction

Cron job is like time scheduler. I noticed that some of you have no idea how to make cron jobs working. I collected information from many resources, so here it is:

Cron job working via CPanel

1. Login to your cpanel.
2. Click cron icon.
3. Click standard.
4. Enter your email address for reporting if the cron is failed.
5. Choose the time what you want.
6. Enter the command, it depends on your server hosting.

the command should be like this:


if curl is disable form your hosting service, you can use another way, with this:


if curl and lynx is disable form your hosting service, you can use another way, with this:


or


if curl, lynx and wget is disable form your hosting service, you can use another way, with this:

in the your_script.php file put this at the top the first line before anything:


and use this cron command


note:
file your_script.php should chmod 755
and the /home/your_username/ is your path on server.

if you have still problem, like " No input file specified. ", please try this:


Save it and done...

Hope this helps.

Hi, Thanks for the post but could you please tell me what does cron job do?

It execute some script that you put on the cron list based on time (when you set the codes should be executed).

dungxvn said:

Hi, Thanks for the post but could you please tell me what does cron job do?

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It runs your defined scripts automatically on your defined delay.

In hostgator I usually use wget