Codeigniter Cron Job Not Working

Codeigniter cron job not working

the steps to prepare CodeIgniter 2.x for cron-jobs via CLI (command line interface):

1st: create a copy of your root index.php file and save it in your root as cli.php

2nd: in your cli.php replace <?php with this code:

#!/usr/local/bin/php
<?php

/* override normal limitations */
set_time_limit(0);
ini_set('memory_limit', '256M');

/* deny direct call from web browser */
if (isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) die('Permission denied.');

/* constants */
define('CMD', 1);

/* manually set the URI path based on command line arguments... */
unset($argv[0]); /* except the first one */
$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] =  $_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = '/' . implode('/', $argv) . '/';

3rd: execute your cron job like this:

/usr/bin/php /var/www/website/public_html/cli.php controller method

where /var/www/website/public_html/ is your server's home directory, the location of your index.php and cli.php.

notes:

for CI 3.0 you find the necessary information here

database: you'll need to provide your db config settings in your controller method, as the cron job just executes the controller's method. So it doesn't know anything about any database settings!

$config['hostname'] = "localhost";
$config['username'] = "username_admin";
$config['password'] = "password";
//etc..

$this->db  = $this->load->database($config, TRUE);

debug: just add a link in your html to run your controller's method like: index.php/controller/method (remove that once you website is live)

source: very helpful

cpanel cron job not working in codeigniter project

This could be because a couple of things. First of all, it could be because you have the wrong path for php. The path on my server is:

/usr/bin/php

You can find your path by typing:

whereis php

Second of all, it could be because you haven't installed the packages neccesary on your server. You need the package php cli

sudo apt-get install php5-cli

Lastly, your cron controller may contain errors, I recommend checking your log file, if you see any errors. For me, the crontab job that is working is:

0 10 * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/<MY_PROJECT_NAME>/index.php Cron

So yes you can indeed use capitalized words when calling your controller.

Codeigniter Cron job problems - CI Version 3.1.9

I found the answer, though not sure why this works:

I had to be more specific about the PHP version I was running:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php /home/accountname/public_html/www/index.php controller method

I have no idea why this would make a difference, but it does work now. I do not have to use full path PHP calls for other cron jobs (that don't include controller and method) I just call:

/usr/bin/php /home/accountname/public_html/www/filename.php

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