cron.php won't work

thrawn

I'm trying to use cron.php, but I won't get it to work, any idéas?

I'm using windows.

I've tried

c:\php\bin\php.exe c:\website\osticket\api\cron.php

but it won't work, I changed it to the correct folders.

The only way I can get it to work is when I run it with wget in loglevel debug, like this:

wget -q --spider --user-agent= http://localhost/api/cron.php(http://localhost/api/cron.php)

if I change loglevel to warn or anything else it won't work...

ntozier

Hey there,

I run osTicket under Windows Server 2003 SP2 w/ IIS6. Here is how I got it to work:

START-> Accessories -> System Tools -> Scheduled Tasks

I Created a task that runs every 1 minutes forever.

Run: C:\nightly\osTicket\HMIS_osTicket_mail_Check.bat

(your Path will be different)

Here are the contents of my .bat file:

C:\PHP\php.exe -f c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hmis\api\cron.php

the -f tells it file.

You could also dump the output into a log file by adding ">cron.log" to the end of that. I had to have the -f to get it to run correctly.

Hope that helps you get this up and running. :)

thrawn

It still doesn't work and the cron job isn't registred in the log.... (with Debug logging)

ntozier

(Trusting that you altered the path above to match where you have the file reside)

Are there any errors in the php log?

As a side note My installation of osTicket doesn't show anything in the Admin Panel -> System Log when cron runs. The only reason I know it's run at all is because mail gets turned into tickets.

(I think that is intentional... if not well, I run cron every minute and would hate to see a new entry every minute in the log)

giuliano108

Are you using EasyPHP?

Took me a while to figure, but you get that behaviour because php.exe, when ran from the command line, can't locate the "php.ini" file . Without it, it cannot find the extension modules and the "cron.php" script silently fails on mysql_connect .

I run "cron.php" through this batch file:

<USERMENTION username="echo">@echo</USERMENTION> off

C:\PROGRA~1\EASYPH~1.3\php\php.exe -c C:\PROGRA~1\EASYPH~1.3\apache\php.ini C:\PROGRA~1\EASYPH~1.3\www\api\cron.php

ciao,

Giuliano

methodical

I can't seem to get cron.php to work. I'm using Windows Server 2008.

I've tried to solution below. I have it logging to a file, but it just creates an empty file.

If I try to access cron.php via the web or wget I get a 403 forbidden error. Any ideas here?

Thanks

Hey there,
I run osTicket under Windows Server 2003 SP2 w/ IIS6. Here is how I got it to work:
START-> Accessories -> System Tools -> Scheduled Tasks
I Created a task that runs every 1 minutes forever.
Run: C:\nightly\osTicket\HMIS_osTicket_mail_Check.bat
(your Path will be different)
Here are the contents of my .bat file:
C:\PHP\php.exe -f c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hmis\api\cron.php
the -f tells it file.
You could also dump the output into a log file by adding ">cron.log" to the end of that. I had to have the -f to get it to run correctly.
Hope that helps you get this up and running. :)

methodical

Okay I got this working. I didn't have the global enable pop3/imap turned on. DOH.

I can't seem to get cron.php to work. I'm using Windows Server 2008.
I've tried to solution below. I have it logging to a file, but it just creates an empty file.
If I try to access cron.php via the web or wget I get a 403 forbidden error. Any ideas here?
Thanks

gerry90

You need to put a full path for included file. If random.html is in the public_html

directory, the path should be put as follows:

<?php

include('home/axxxxxx/pulic_html/random.html')

When I tested a cron file which has a full-path included file few months ago,

it worked fine in my local computer system.

need4speed

Im not very good with cron job myself so I found this cron job service at http://www.setcronjob.com(http://www.setcronjob.com)

I just type in full URL and now its doing the cron job for me :)

At least a fine solution if you cant get it to work.

g.loth

cron.php don't work on windows apache server

Hi,

cron.php don't work on windows apache server.

I have try (*.bat) :

with " -f "

C:\PHP\php.exe -f c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hmis\api\cron.php

without " -f "

C:\PHP\php.exe c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hmis\api\cron.php

And :

C:\PHP\php-win.exe -f c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hmis\api\cron.php

C:\PHP\php-win.exe c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hmis\api\cron.php

C:\...\ieplore.exe -f c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hmis\api\cron.php

C:\...\ieplore.exe c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hmis\api\cron.php

After reboot, with php.exe, it's work only ONE times.

Someone have any idea ?

Thanks.

ntozier

Have you altered the paths to fit your installation?

\php.exe -f \api\cron.php

PATH1 should point to your installation location of PHP

PATH2 should point to your OST installation

I ask because I find it a little surprising that if your running apache that you would use an IIS style path of c:\Inetpub\wwwroot

g.loth

yes, I put the good patch. For my example, I wrote \intetpub\wwwroot\ only to keep the logic of the previous post.

What does the -f ?

This is not possible to run the cron.php by Internet Explorer or Firefox ?

ntozier

php usage:

php

-f : Parse and execute

Last I checked straight running the cron.php via web browser doesn't work.

g.loth

It's work with Task Scheduler but only every 5 minutes but no every 1 minute.

And if i execute manually my update.bat (with : \php.exe -f \api\cron.php ) Don't work. I must to wait 5 minutes.

5 minutes is good but why can't update every minute ? it's php ?