Cron job outside of public_html

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#1

I am using the web hosting server for my website. I need to run a cron job every 10 minutes but I need the cron php file outside of public_html. When going into the cron job page and clicking on create a cron job it gets me to enter the url to the cron file starting at the public_html. The thing is I don’t have the cron file located there, how can I enter the correct url for the cron job from this window?

#2

You can’t, it has to be in public_html :slight_smile:

#3

How would you best recomend going about protecting the cron job file in public_html? I only need the server to access it. I don’t want any users being able to

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#4

2 possibilities:

  1. Use a secret key (/public_html/script.php?secret=xyz)
  2. Use basic auth (not supported by 000webhost cronjob), which can be setup using the website below
    https://cron-job.org