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Cron Job Example

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If you have a script that needs to be executed on a scheduled basis, a cron job can be set up to execute your script using the following methods:

Executing the script using PHP from Crontab

The following script executes the PHP script every 10 minutes.

*/10 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php -q /home/username/domains/domain.com/public_html/pathtoscript/script.php > /dev/null 2>&1

 

Executing the script using wget

The script below calls the URL of the script using wget every 5 minutes.

*/5 * * * * /home/username/wget --output-document=/dev/null http://domain.com/pathtoscript/script.php > /dev/null 2>&1

Running the script using cURL

The following script executes the PHP script by calling the URL using CURL every 5 minutes.

*/5 * * * * /home/username/curl --output-document=/dev/null http://domain.com/pathtoscript/script.php > /dev/null 2>&1
For more information regarding cron job timings, crontab.guru is an excellent resource for checking cron schedule expressions.