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by changing script, do you mean you have chaged the permission ??<br />
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to executes a script froma cron job<br />
you need to give the script Execute permission<br />
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which is<br />
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chmod +x scriptname.sh<br />
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if you give chmod 777, that mean that script is writable, executable and readbale by every one<br />
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you dont have to give 777, just chmod +x scriptname would work
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Post your script here, so we can look at it.
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Thanks,<br />
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&nbsp;i have given the full path of the text file &amp;&nbsp;problem solved 
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apache neesd to have permision to write in the directory where php is writing to files. if php writes to this dir: /var/www/html/mydir you need to set 777 for `mydir` so apache will be able to write files there. Cheers<br />

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as woolmilkporc said, you need to refer to files and commands by full path names and set required env variables (e.g. PATH) &nbsp;since crontab jobs run without reading user profile nor set dir to user home dir
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Thanks for your suggestion as i am newbie as far as cron job is concerned &nbsp;it really helped me.
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Hi,<br />
<br />
I have a cron job which executes a php script .This php script writes some contents to a file.<br />
This php script does not write anything to the file using cron job.<br />
But when i execute it through command line through this command<br />
&nbsp;/var/www/twitter# php5 event.php it writes to the file<br />
<br />
And for instance i changed the script . Now i insert into a table then this script works through cron job. What is the issue?<br />
<br />
I have given 777 permission to text file as well as php script<br />
<br />
Please guide.<br />
<br />
Thanks
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Hi,

I have a cron job which executes a php script .This php script writes some contents to a file.
This php script does not write anything to the file using cron job.
But when i execute it through command line through this command
 /var/www/twitter# php5 event.php it writes to the file

And for instance i changed the script . Now i insert into a table then this script works through cron job. What is the issue?

I have given 777 permission to text file as well as php script

Please guide.

Thanks

cannot write to a text file using cron job

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