unable to run php cron jobs

[amitgad]

Hi,

I have been facing this issue since more than a month now. The issue is i have scheduled a php cron job that used to run perfectly earlier, but now it doesnt run.

To test the functionality, i have set up a test cron job @
http://amit.exofire.net/test2/appl/php.php

that runs every hour and sends out a test mail.

The command i'hv used is-
/usr/local/bin/php /home/amitgad/public_html/test2/appl/php.php

further when i run the php file directly from internet explorer it works and sends out the mail. but when i schedule it using cron jobs, it doesnt even run.

Please guide me on this if I'm missing here something or if you have changed any settings.


Thanks
Amit

[amitgad]

hello!
anyone has any answer for this...
will help me a lot....
thanks

[Anna]

try changing to: /usr/bin/php /home/amitgad/public_html/test2/appl/php.php

Note the changed path for php.

[amitgad]

Hey Anna...
thanks for the help..but I'm afraid it doesn't work either!
i guess there was some change made to the cron jobs..probably in dec-jan...because it was working earlier!!

[Anna]

Only thing that might be changed is that php mail() needs to have the content type text/plain

[amitgad]

thanks,
but if i click the above link, it sends out the mail and if i schedule it for cron jobs, it doesnt run. So I'm not sure if mail function is giving problems. Nevertheless, i have given the php code for the above script below-

<?php

$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$from = "JobScheduler";
$to = "xxx@abc.com";
$subject = "hello test msg";
$message = "Hello test" . "\n your ip address is: $ip";
$headers = 'From: ' . $from . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $from . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

// Send
if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
    echo "-->mail sent";

echo "<b>IP Address= $ip</b>";

} else {
    echo "failed";
}
?>

[descalzo]

PHP mail() does not work properly when run as a cron job, period.

[amitgad]

okay....but is there anyway around to make this work, because i need this for my app to work. I would be very thankful.

[descalzo]

1. Get Google Apps account for your domain
2. Follow their instructions to use cPanel to set MX records to Google. All incoming mail will be routed to Google Apps account
3. Download and use PHPMailer to send your outgoing mail via STMP thru your Google Apps account.

[amitgad]

hey thanks..will check out.