How to run a php script in cron

Question

I have found many questions and articles about this but i still have some difficulties. I'm using the following command /usr/bin/php home/domain.com/public_html/cron/script.php I receive the following error Status: 404 Not Found X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.8 Content-type: text/html

No input file specified.

i'm using Cpanel, the file is hosted on domain.com/cron/script.php Anyideas, thanks :p

Answer 1

Put a leading slash on the script name, i.e.

/usr/bin/php /home/domain.com/public_html/cron/script.php

Unless you actually intend to run the script through the web, as in lacqui's answer, and you don't mind random third parties being able to run it any time they like, there's no reason you should put it inside your public_html directory; quite the opposite.