[kazuhime89]

Hi all,
I've set a cron job but its not running, does anyone have any idea why?
the file I want to run is a php file, does it make any difference?

[drums]

Hi kazuhime

I would recommend you log a helpdesk ticket using the "Get Help" tab at the top right of the screen in members cpanel.

It could be your cron script, but to be honest, I have also had problems with a cron job on one of the servers that recently changed dc's (server19), which used to work perfectly.

So log a ticket.

drums

[kazuhime89]

Ok, thx drums.
I'll log a ticket now.
Is ur cron job working now?

[drums]

Yes.

If you want to be doubly sure, we can use the time while your ticket is being processed to check that it's also not your script or the way you've set it up!

Post some details here of what you're trying to do here (eg: your cron job details, and your cron script (if it's not containing sensitive code such as passwords, etc)

drums

[kazuhime89]

Oh2, hehe. Then, if its not troubling u.

I'm making a facebook app which can publish to users wall periodically, like every week with one post. Its a fortune telling app,so every week the users will automatically have a post on their wall. That's basically it.

I needed a cron job for that right, so here's the coding.

[drums]

okay.

One immediate thought looking at the first line, is that when you use a script through cron, the directory will not be automatically set to public_html.

So, assuming your files are in /public_html/ then add a new first line:

chdir('./public_html/');

That might be enough to make it work...

I'll have a look at the rest now

drums
PS: once you get it working, I would edit your post above and remove the code section for security reasons

[kazuhime89]

I see, I see.
Hehe, let me try that first.

[kazuhime89]

Drums, it still doesn't work...
I added the code u gave me, abd I changed the path file at the cron job tab at the cpanel to

php -f/home/YOUR_CPANEL_USERNAME/public_html/cron2.php

but it still doesn't work somehow.

[drums]

Hi Kaz,

First step, I would suggest make sure that the script works (outside of cron) by accessing it from yoursite.com/cron2.php. I did a quick check and it's not returning an error (good start).

You're going to need to add some debug data in there to make sure it's working okay as there's currently no output to tell you what's going on.

I'm guessing the problem lies with the facebook API client, however, as a start, just make sure you add an echo command to check it is accessing the db data correctly
eg:

 echo $fortune."<br>";

Might also help to check it's pulling in the user and session key data correctly too.

I'm not familiar with the facebook api, but let me do some digging.

drums

[kazuhime89]

Drums!!

Its working now!
The problem was in the command line, the webmaster gave me the correct one.
Issuing a ticket did work. Hehe~ and this one also helped. chdir('./public_html/');
Hehe, thank you soooooooo much for all your trouble!
*hugs,hugs, extra hugs*

-Kazu-