What Do I Put for the Cron Job Command?

PHP

EasyApache 4

Command to run a PHP 7.2 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php72/root/usr/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 7.1 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php71/root/usr/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 7.0 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php70/root/usr/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 5.6 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php56/root/usr/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 5.5 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php55/root/usr/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 5.4 cron job:

/opt/cpanel/ea-php54/root/usr/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

EasyApache 3

Note: The commands to run a cron job in PHP 5.2 and 5.3 will not work in both Shared and Reseller accounts. These PHP versions were both removed from the Shared and Reseller servers.

Command to run a PHP 7.0 cron job:

/opt/php70/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 5.6 cron job:

/opt/php56/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 5.5 cron job:

/opt/php55/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 5.4 cron job:

/opt/php54/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 5.3 cron job:

/opt/php53/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Command to run a PHP 5.2 cron job:

/opt/php52/bin/php /home/

username

/public_html/

cron

.php

Optional flags are sometimes required for a PHP cron job:

php -q /home/

username

/public_html/

cron.php

Command to use a specific php.ini file:

php -c /home/

username

/public_html/php.ini /home/

username

/public_html/

myscript.php

Command to GET a remote file:

/usr/bin/GET http://www.

example.com/file.php

Perl

Command to run a CGI cron job:

perl /home/

username

/public_html/cgi-bin

/file.pl

SSH

Command to run a code script cron job:

/bin/sh /home/

username

/public_html/

file.sh

MySQL

Note: It is a good practice to not type your password out in the following commands but to use the -p flag alone and have the system prompt you for the password. This way, your password stays secure and never exists on the server as plain text.

Command to import a database:

mysql -u

mysql_user

 -p

password

database_name

 <

backup.sql

Command to export a database:

mysqldump -u

mysql_user

 -p

password

database_name

 >

backup.sql

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