Crontab fails php script as /usr/bin/php but works as /usr/bin/php-cgi

manpreet Best Answer 2 years ago

I am working out a problem with crontab where a php script that has no html in it to run as a stand alone script daily tends to fail using /usr/bin/php and works just fine as /usr/bin/php-cgi.

The Error under /usr/bin/php

PHP Warning:  include_once(Net/SMTP.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/iop/lib/Mail/smtp.php on line 206
PHP Warning:  include_once(): Failed opening 'Net/SMTP.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php:./lib/:./lib/Net/:./lib/Mail/:./lib/Log/') in /var/www/html/iop/lib/Mail/smtp.php on line 206
PHP Fatal error:  Class 'Net_SMTP' not found in /var/www/html/iop/lib/Mail/smtp.php on line 210

the files have a 775 permission on them.

With putting in absolute path in, we still get the same error.

include('/var/www/html/iop/lib/Net/SMTP.php');

PHP Warning:  include_once(Net/SMTP.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/html/iop/lib/Mail/smtp.php on line 206
PHP Warning:  include_once(): Failed opening 'Net/SMTP.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php:./lib/:./lib/Net/:./lib/Mail/:./lib/Log/') in /var/www/html/iop/lib/Mail/smtp.php on line 206
PHP Fatal error:  Class 'Net_SMTP' not found in /var/www/html/iop/lib/Mail/smtp.php on line 210

Just wondering if anybody else has ran into this issue / know whats up?

manpreet 2 years ago

It may be that php and php-cgi resolve some paths differently.

Have you tried to include this with an absolute path? Does it work?

include_once('/usr/share/php/Net/SMTP.php');

depending on where you have it installed, of course.