My cron job keeps failing in cPanel:
/bin/sh: /opt/cpanel/ea-php73/root/etc: is a directory
I have changed the code, previously it was /usr/local/bin/php
This is the full code:
0 0,12 * * * /opt/cpanel/ea-php73/root/etc /home4/***/****.org/api/fetch.php
Does anyone know the reason? The file fetch.php
works fine otherwise. How do I know where the PHP command is?
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Answers
In the PHP script, you’re directly executing an incorrect shell command. Probably a missing
/
prefix in a path.If you want to run a PHP file in a cron job, you should run with the PHP interpreter. But your error shows that the cron job is running by the Bash interpreter.
This means you have issue with this part
/opt/cpanel/ea-php73
You should either revert your interpreter back to
/usr/local/bin/php
Or you can use the curl command to run the webpage from an external source.
Eg:
0 0,12 * * * curl ****.org/api/fetch.php