PHP and Cron

joeycoleman

I need to run a cron job that uses php 8.2

In command, I can set php81

/usr/bin/php81 /home/DIR-to-APP/update.php --feeds

(* PHP version 8.2.0 or newer required. You're using 8.1.29.)

However,
/usr/bin/php82 and /usr/bin/php83 return " * PHP version 8.2.0 or newer required. You're using 8.0.30. "

I'm hoping someone in the community can offer suggestions.

sean

joeycoleman I'm not sure why you're seeing that problem. I've checked the PHP versions on your server and everything appears to be correct:

[root@xxxxx ~]# /usr/bin/php82 --version
PHP 8.2.20 (cli) (built: Jun  4 2024 13:22:51) (NTS gcc x86_64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.2.20, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.2.20, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

[root@xxxxx ~]# /usr/bin/php83 --version
PHP 8.3.8 (cli) (built: Jun  4 2024 14:53:17) (NTS gcc x86_64)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.3.8, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v8.3.8, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies

If your update.php script is reporting the wrong PHP version after being invoked with the correct version of PHP then that's probably a problem with the version detection function in the script.

I'm curious: what happens if you run it like this?

/usr/bin/scl enable php83 -- php /home/DIR-to-APP/update.php --feeds

(scl enables "software collections" as a way to provide different versions of default software. In this case /usr/bin/scl enable php83 makes v8.3 the default PHP for the command that follows it.)

joeycoleman

Thanks, there is obviously a problem with the script. The app runs updates when open in the web browser. A few years ago, I needed to do a clean install of the app to correct issues. I am going to do so again.

The scl script is helpful for future reference.