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Cron job keeps failing in cPanel

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?

Solution

  • 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