I have a problem getting a cron job to work with my Lemp stack. I have a tracker installed (CPVLab) that requires two php scripts run with cron jobs. One appears to be working with wget and url to php script. I can see start and finished entries in CPVLab error log. I tried running the other cron job with wget but it starts and never finishes then gives php errors., I am now trying this syntax: */15 * * * * php -f /var/www/mysite.com/htdocs/cron-wurfl.php This gives the same problem, starts then does not finish. CPVLab is encoded with ioncube but maybe that’s not the issue here. Advice much appreciated. Thanks
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Try using the full PHP CLI path,
*/15 * * * * php -f /var/www/mysite.com/htdocs/cron-wurfl.php
Also this Q&A might have a solution - https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/cronjob-not-running-on-ubuntu-server?answer=22492
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