I have some executable PHP code that I'm trying to implement using cron jobs. The page sends a couple emails. It works just fine when I type in the address into my URL bar and load the page (the url is akin to www.mysite.com/mypage.php) but for some reason it doesn't work when I do it as part of a cron job. I have double checked the permissions and the file is executable, so that's not the issue. I am getting an email confirming that the cron job was completed, but the emails that are supposed to be sent by the program do not come through. Here is my code in crontabs:
SHELL= /bin/bash/
HOME = /
MAILTO = "mymail@gmail.com"
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /usr/share/nginx/html/mypage.php
Any idea why this might not be working?
EDIT ABOUT PERMISSIONS: Possibly relevant: I am editing cron jobs by typing 'sudo crontab -e'. I was able to successfully set up another cron job that just emails me text. However, I tried setting up another text-only-email cron job NOT in sudo (ie typing 'crontab -e') and that did not work. I didn't receive any emails. I also got an error when I typed 'crontab -e' about it not being able to read .nano_history and permission being denied but I was able to bypass that by pressing Enter
Check to see that wget is installed on your server. it should be. Then use wget to call your program from the cron tab. This way you do not have to concern yourself with calling php from the command line.
wget http://999.999.99.9/hr/stats/send_stats.php?task=first