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In this article, we’ll take you through a set of CRON job commands that you can run on your Linux Hosting:
PHP (If you want to check your PHP version or configuration - Click Here)
Command to run for a PHP 5.4 cron job:
/usr/local/altphp54/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php
Command to run for a PHP 5.3 cron job:
/usr/local/altphp/bin/php /home/username/public_html/cron.php
Command to run for a PHP 5.2 cron job:
/usr/local/altphp/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 follow commands but to simply use the -p flag alone and have the system prompt you for the password. This is way your password stays secure and is never on the server as plain text.
Command to import a database:
mysql -u mysql_user -ppassword database_name < backup.sql
Command to export a database:
mysqldump -u mysql_user -ppassword database_name >backup.sql
Custom Installations without Easy Apache (If you have a VPS or Dedicated Server)
PHP
Command to run for a PHP5 cron job:
php /home/username/public_html/cron.php
If you’d like to setup one of these CRON jobs on cPanel, just Click Here
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