Cron job with sessionview story

cron not running...

Hi, The current cron does not run. 0 23 * * * root php -d safe_mode="off" /home/[sitename]/public_html/script.php 1>/tmp/1.txt 2>/tmp/2.txt How do I know this ? script.php should generate an xml and it fails doing that. If I run the script in a browser www.sitename.com/script.php it runs ok and it generates the file. Can you tell me what could be set up wrong here ?

cron job problem

I have a script which works fine if i access it from the web but if I run it through cron I produces an error Warning SimpleXMLElement::__construct() [<a href='simplexmlelement.--construct'>simplexmlelement.--construct : URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in /home/spanishp/cron/currency.php on line 9 Is it possible that URL file-access is disabled form Crons but not if the script is run from the browser?

Files run as cron won't die

What I'm trying to do is, I have a PHP script that needs to constantly run, I am also trying to run several instances of it at once.... I have it setup so cron runs the file every 5 minutes, but I have a check in the script so it won't let anymore than 5 copies of the script run at once. What happens is they start to run & work ok, on occasion the script may end correctly, but most of the time the script doesn't finish/die & just stays as a running process.... but the script isn't doing anything, it's just sitting there as a stale process. The cron I am using to run the file is..

Cron job

Is there anyway i can make a script to automatically execute itself at a specific time of the day without using cron on my cPanel, because right now am using cron to perform that function??? Please i need a help..

Need php cron jobs to auto dlete files after XX hours [$5]

Hey guys, I needthis PHP cron job script which can automatically delete files within a partiuclar folder, after like 12 hours, corresponding to the 'Last Modified' Date of the file. Note: I'm NOT looking for cron to remove files every 12 hours.. $5 to someone who can code it

receiving odd warning when trying to use a named session

I've run up against a very strange problem with using session_name in a script I'm using. The details are as follows: PHP code: Code: $sid = getSessionId('POST'); // simply obtains the current session id, returning empty if it doesn't exist if (empty($sid)) {   session_name("pChatLogin");   session_start();   $sid = session_id(); } relevant php.ini entries: Code: session.save_path = "D:\GCC\mySessions" session.name = PHPSESSID session.auto_start = 0 session.cookie_lifetime = 86400 session.cookie_path = / ; Select a hash function ; 0: MD5  (128 bits) ; 1: SHA-1 (160 bits) session.hash_function = 0

Web Developer Class: Cron and PHP

PHP is a powerful language by any standard, and it provides many tools that are very distinct and suited to specific tasks. Today we are going to look at the CRON TOOL - and more specifically how to use it. There are many cron tools to help with the scheduling of tasks, but as this article is developer oriented, we'll investigate from a command-line \ crontabs perspective.