Does anyone here understand Cron_jobs?

by LMC

Posted: 15 years ago 7 replies

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Hey Warriors,

Im in a bind here, one of my sites needs to run a cron_job to send out a newsletter through it's software.

I have no idea how or where to set this up, I see that there is a cron_job section in my cpanel, but the dialog is a different language to me.

I have a file called newsletter_cron.php that supposively is the file that sends out the newsletter?

Any one know what I'm talking about here lol?

#cronjobs #understand

The Pension Guy 15 years ago

Once I tried to set up a self-hosted autoresponder script and it also needed to run a cron job. Luckily, the instructions for setting it up were very detailed, so I just had to read it and copy/paste the exact command lines into the cPanel's cronjob subpanel.

Do you have any detailed instructions about it?
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ASUService 15 years ago

Hi LMC,
With cpanel you have one of the easiest ways to setup crons available. Here's a tutorial:

cPanel Tutorial: Cron Jobs

That link goes to the standard cron setup info just click "next" at the bottom right of the page to see the advanced method.

Hope that helps!
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LMC 15 years ago

Dear Pension,

Unfortunately I don't think so... I probably could email the developer for them though
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Jared Alberghini 15 years ago

A cron job is an automatic 'trigger' that runs a specific file/command at a time you specify.

Basically, you want to add your newsletter_cron.php file and schedule it to run whenever you want to send out your newsletter.

The command line you need to enter is this:

php /home/[your username]/public_html/[your newsletter directory]/newsletter_cron.php

(php SPACE /path/to/your/newsletter_cron.php)

The file path may be different for your server... some are /www instead of public_html

Then you need to set the day/time you want to execute the command (send your newsletter)

Here is a more detailed tutorial:

How to setup Cron Job Using Cpanel? PHP Programmer's Of Bangladesh

Hope that helps!

Jared
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Ron Killian 15 years ago

Shouldn't this be in the website design or programming section? The main forum moves fast enough as it is
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- Lance K 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Ron Killian
  
  Shouldn't this be in the website design or programming section? The main forum moves fast enough as it is
  
  Then why did you bump it?
  
  Ah dang. I did it too.
  
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