Re: PHP CLI Problem

Robbert van Andel schreef:

I am having trouble with a PHP CLI script I wrote to help manage my website. The site is on a shared hosting server where the PHP installation is set up as a CGI. The script creates some backups of my databases and sends them to Amazon's S3 service. First off, the script runs great from the command line when I type "php5 backup.php" but when I type ./backup.php I get an error: "bash: ./backup.php: No such file or directory".

is the script marked as executable?

I thought maybe this is a problem with the top declaration in the script "#!/usr/local/bin/php5". The problem is that it appears the server has several php5s I can reference /usr/local/apache/share/cgi-bin/php5 /usr/local/bin/php5

to determine which php5 you are using type: $> which php5 this gives you the full path, which you will need to use in the relevant cron line (and/or the shebang line at the top of the script) - cron requires fullpaths.

But it doesn't matter which one I put at the top of the script, I get the same error. Okay, so I can live with having to type "php5 backup.php". However, when I try to make a cron job from the script, the script never runs. The crontab entry looks like this 1 0 * * 2 php5 /kunden/homepages/23/d117947228/htdocs/oregonswimming/administration/backup/ backup.php > backup.log I know the backup never runs because I redirect the output to a file and have an email sent to me upon conclusion of the script. The log file doesn't show anything nor do I ever receive an email. My web host will not provide any support for scripting, so I'm hoping someone here can help. Questions: * How do I determine what to put at the top of the script so that I can just call "backup.php"? * What, if anything, do I need to do to make the script work from cron? I've seen some comments on the web regarding PHP CLI when PHP is a CGI, but none of them seem to apply to me. Thank you in advance for your help. Robbert