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Asked: 2026-06-03T02:57:29+00:00

I’ve come across a checklist for creating a new PHP cron at my job

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I’ve come across a checklist for creating a new PHP cron at my job and one of the directions is:

Add a wrapper file that calls the main part of your job code as
cron_[name].sh

A sample cron.sh:

#!/bin/sh
###########################################################
# This job sends out the daily digest emails
###########################################################
. $DS_JOBS_DIR/cron_common.sh

cd $DS_JOBS_DIR/digests
$DS_PHP daily_digest.php

What is the benefit of wrapping a PHP cron inside a shell script?

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  1. Editorial Team

    No reason.

    But you could perform multiple things in the shell script after that – more php or other tasks.

    But my main guess is that if you found it in the ‘checklist for creating a new PHP cron’, then it’s is simply how the organisation want things done – due to factors above, or simply how their IT Manager/server administrators are preferring it be done.

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