CentOS, PHP file is running from browser, not from cron daemon

Question

I am working on CentOS.

I have created a PHP file which run from browser

http://mydomain.com/backupfile/dobackup.php

I have added the script from crontab and made the file executable, but it is not running

30 0 * * * /var/www/vhost/mydomain.com/httpdocs/backupfile/dobackup.php

what should i do?

Answer 1

Add shebang at the top of your code

#!/usr/bin/php

Answer 2

Or just execute php parser with script as an argument

30 0 * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/vhost/mydomain.com/httpdocs/backupfile/dobackup.php