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Asked: 2026-05-18T02:00:47+00:00

Gurus, I have coded for my client a PHP script that performs some extensive

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Gurus,

I have coded for my client a PHP script that performs some extensive data munging on text files he creates.

Code is complete and I have now to automate the script. Problem is that it seems to only run manually. I won’t run as CRON job.

This is what I have tried with “#!/usr/bin/php -q” in the header of my script:

00 1  * * * /usr/bin/php -q /HDDLogs/HDDProcess.php >>/HDDLogs/HDDProcess.log 2>&1

The log file does get created but is empty. I tried removing the -q for quiet mode: no difference. Still did not run as CRON job. PHP File is chmod-ed 755.

Apache 2.0 and PHP 5.3 is installed on this server. I fully own the directory with my code and the data files are located.

In case you’re wondering, my script never calls a URL.

Any idea??

Thanks,

Al.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I think it should be:

    “... /usr/bin/php -q -f /HDDLogs/HDDProcess.php …”

    or

    “… /usr/bin/php -q < /HDDLogs/HDDProcess.php …”.

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