Help! Can you set up a Cron Job for me?

[jkirkpatrick]

I am so frustrated with setting up a cron job. It seems like such an easy thing but nothing I've tried has worked.

A couple of people on this boad suggested that I use:

php /home/pipsquea/public_html/thanx.php


But this doesn't work. Please, if anyone knows how to do this I'm willing to pay you to get it set up on my account. I can't waste any more time trying to figure this out.

Jennifer

[-Oz-]

I might be able to do it for free but that looks correct. You can catch me on aim @ azdan320 (if i'm not away), or PM me.

[justoneguy]

This is what I use and it works flawlessly here...

curl -s -o /dev/null http://www.yourdomain.com/thanks.php

use the standard setup and pick the times/dates you want it to run.

[sdjl]

Do remember the server time difference if you're in another country to the US

David

[james]

I use
php /path/to/php/script/script.php

Also, as sdjl suggested, remember the time difference. From memory the server time zone is GMT.

James

[jkirkpatrick]

None of these suggestions have worked. Perhaps it's a problem with the file but when I tell the programmer that he says that everything is fine and it's a problem with the Cron Job.

How frustrating!

Jennifer

[sdjl]

Can you execute the script from a web browser fine?
If so, it's the cron job, if not, it's the script

David