Running cron jobs under php ver. 5.4

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manpreet Tuteehub forum best answer Best Answer 2 years ago

My hosting company switched me to php version 5.4. I run a Drupal site (D7.) They say:

You'll want to make sure your crons use "/usr/php/54/usr/bin/php" instead, as otherwise it will use PHP 5.2.

How do I do that?

Change the php.ini file? Create a new file?

What is the exact syntax for it?

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manpreet 2 years ago

 

You can either call them by specifying the interpreter to load the scripts in the crontab, with this syntax:

* * * * * /usr/php/54/usr/bin/php yourscript.php

Or, alternatively, if you are comfortable modifying the scripts, you can use a shebang line on top of it. To use the shebang line you just need to modify the first line of the script to look like this:

#!/usr/php/54/usr/bin/php

Then you need to make the script executable with chmod +x yourscript.php and then you can directly call it without specifying the interpreter like:

* * * * * yourscript.php

Here is more documentation about the shebang line: shebang

In many cases I think probably the first way (specifying the interpreter in the crontab) would be preferred, because it doesn't require you to modify the script itself.


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