Run a PHP File in a Cron Job Using Cpanel

Run a PHP file in a cron job using CPanel

In crontab system :

• /usr/bin/php is php binary path (different in some systems ex: freebsd /usr/local/bin/php, linux: /usr/bin/php)
• /home/username/public_html/cron/cron.php should be your php script path
• /dev/null should be cron output , ex: /home/username/stdoutx.txt

So you can monitor your cron by viewing cron output /home/username/stdoutx.txt

Setting up a Cron Job on CPanel to executes a PHP script

Since your script resides in your public_html directory you can use wget for your Cron Job

wget -O - -q https://yoursite.com/wallboard/update.php

-O - output is written to the standard output in this case it will go to the email address you specify in CPanel

-q quiet mode

Running PHP script from cPanel Cronjob

I found a solution by using wget

wget -q https://example.com/parteneri-xml.php

Run cron job on cpanel with php7 version

Command to run a PHP 7.0 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php70/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/myjob.php >> /home/username/myjob.log

Command to run a PHP 7.1 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/myjob.php >> /home/username/myjob.log

Command to run a PHP 7.2 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/php /home/username/public_html/myjob.php >> /home/username/myjob.log

Run a php file in a cron job using whm cpanel

Supposing you want to run your cronjob every 15 minutes, your cron job syntax should be something like this:

*/15 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/username/public_html/admin/cron.php

That means the cron will run every 15 minutes.

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