Question

I have below scripts as php file and want to execute this in CRON. It works in local but when I go remote linux it fails.

<?php
    $a = 1;
    $b = 2;
    $b = $a + $b;
    echo 'TEST-SUM'.$b;
    //echo substr("Hello world!",6);
    //echo 'Test Cron Job On Mturk!';
?>

1) The above one works in this way of execution in REMOTE server.

php test.php

2) But not using the following cron syntax:

* * * * * php /home/www/cronjob/test.php 2>&1 >> /home/test/www/cronjob/createhitlog.log

I am trying to check whether CRON is working on the REMOTE server or not.

Answer 1

You seem confused about remote and local.

This would be running it locally:

php test.php

This would be an example of running it remotely with a cron:

* * * * * curl --silent http://www.yoursite.com/cronjob/test.php

Of course this remote usage implies security implications that you’d need to address.