Cron.php won't run (required php version mismatch error)
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Last Post: June 1, 2016 (RSS)
By gkornbluth - May 22, 2016
Hi All,
I recently upgraded to V 3.04 and decided to try autobackup V1.04
I’ve set up a cron job on the server (Bluehost) using the code suggested on the Admin > General tab:
php -q /home1/susansa7/public_html/susansaladino/cmsAdmin/cron.php
The cron job does run every minute, however the resulting cron job emails read:
"This program requires PHP v5.5.0 or greater. You have PHP v5.2.17 installed.<br/> Please ask your server administrator to upgrade PHP to a newer version.<br/><br/>"
However the Server Info on the Admin > General tab says that the site is using PHP v5.6.17
The server is set up to use a single php.ini file and I couldn’t find any conflicting .ini or .htaccess files on the site.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
Jerry Kornbluth
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By Damon - May 23, 2016
Hi Jerry,
I had the same issue with one my own site installations giving me the same error.
I was using something similar to this:
php -q /home1/susansa7/public_html/susansaladino/cmsAdmin/cron.php
Turns out that php was pointing to an older version of php (the server has multiple versions of PHP).
I needed to change
php
to
/usr/local/php55/bin/php
and the email error stopped.
Check with your host what the path you should be using.
Let me know if this solves the issue.
Thanks!
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By gkornbluth - May 31, 2016
Thanks Damon,
As with the other post, I never get an email telling me that this thread had been updated, sorry for the delay in responding.
I'll give it a try tomorrow morning and report back.
Best,
Jerry Kornbluth
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By mizrahi - June 1, 2016
I have the situation, also with bluehost, so if you could post your final resolution it would be greatly appreciated.
By gkornbluth - June 1, 2016 - edited: June 1, 2016
Hi mizrahi,
The solution seems to be as Damon suggested.
I'm on a Bluehost shared hosting platform and running php 5.6 as a single php.ini file, so changing:
php -q /home1/susansa7/public_html/susansaladino/cmsAdmin/cron.php to php56s -q /home1/susansa7/public_html/susansaladino/cmsAdmin/cron.php
did the trick.
Hope it works for you...
Best,
Jerry Kornbluth
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By mizrahi - June 1, 2016
This didn't actually work for me. I am getting this error in the email reports...
mount: /var/fake/[username]/var/lib/mysql not mounted already, or bad option
By Dave - June 1, 2016
Hi All,
The issue is that some hosts have multiple PHP versions available, so when you just enter php /path/to/script for the cron script it sometimes runs the older version of PHP and not the one you want.
If you are able to upgrade to CMSB 3.05 I added some code to attempt to detect and display the proper path to PHP on the Scheduled Tasks menu under Admin. It's not supported by all servers, but does work on most and will show you the correct path.
For any other servers, you can just email your host and ask them the right path to use for PHP 5.6 when setting up cron jobs and they should be able to tell you right away.
Hope that helps! Let me know any other questions.
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