cron job

[john_zakaria]

Good morning everyone
plz i want to know how to create a cron job using php function and also how to stop this cron from working using php...
all that i need is to create a cron job using php and when the administrator press send -> the cron will be execute
and when he press stop -> the cron will be deleted from cpanel

note that: the administrator does not have an access to the cpanel and also if he has .. he can not deal with it.

so can anyone have a function to creeate a cron job using php? and also stop it?

[zahidraf]

Cron job is not the linx code

those are Linux file which execute some script that can either php or any other lanugage

There are two ways to make a cron job

one is cpanel and other one is Linux shell.

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[john_zakaria]

Try this:

http://www.underwaterdesign.com/2006...b_with_php.php

<?
    crontab_set('*','*','*','*','*');
function crontab_set ($min, $hour, $monthDay, $monthNum, $weekDay)
{ 
    $command = "$min $hour $monthDay $monthNum $weekDay /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/egypthol/public_html/snd2.php";
    
                                                         
    //echo $command;
    $cron_file = "Feed_cron"; 
    
    // check for cron/Feed_cron file. If it doesn't exist create it.
    // you must create the file from the browser to associate the proper group
    if (file_exists($cron_file))
        {  // if it exists, write new command
        
        
        $open = fopen($cron_file, "w"); // This overwrites current line
        fwrite($open, $command);
        fclose($open);
        
        // this will reinstate your Cron job
        
        exec("crontab /home/egypthol/public_html/cron/Feed_cron") or die ("Error");
        
        }
 else 

        { // if it Doesn't exist, Create it then write command
        touch($cron_file); // create the file, Directory "cron" must be writeable
        chmod($cron_file, 0777); // make new file writeable
        
        $open = fopen($cron_file, "w");
        fwrite($open, $command);
        fclose($open);
        
        // start the cron job!
        exec("crontab /home/egypthol/public_html/cron/Feed_cron") 
or die ("Error");



        }

}
?>

this is my code... and it makes the file Feed_cron and make inside it the commad

but there is an error in the exec line coz when the page is loaded the die message ("error") appears.. so i found that the error is in the execute line
could u plz help me in solving this problem

[Mindzai]

Are you running this on a unix machine?

[john_zakaria]

plz take a look on these 2 links:

http://www.egyptholidaytours.com/cron/cron.php --> this is the page that creates the cron job file and when wirting exec it shows the die error

http://www.egyptholidaytours.com/cron/test.php --> shows the sever details

plz i need help in solving this problem