Setting up cron - not receiving results

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I'm new to CRON and setting up for the first time to send an email that works when I go to the URL, so it is not the PHP file.

I have this in the crontab file:

# m h dom mon dow user	command
17 *	* * *	root    cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly
25 6	* * *	root	test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily )
47 6	* * 7	root	test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly )
52 6	1 * *	root	test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly )
*  *    * * *   /usr/bin/php /var/www/html/tsl/email1.php

So, as a result, it should execute my file Email1.php which sends me an email every minute (timing to be changed once it works).

Any help is appreciated!

What I have tried:

As a user, I tried to use root, but from research, I should use the above to process the PHP file correctly.

Posted 16-May-20 16:20pm

Cody O'Meara

Updated 16-May-20 17:20pm

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Garth J Lancaster · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-16T17:21:00

Well, I take it

/usr/bin/php /var/www/html/tsl/email1.php

works when you run it from a terminal/command-line ? if so, good

Next, are you 'tailing'/checking /var/log/syslog to see if anything useful comes up there ?

I am assuming here you dont have /etc/cron.allow or /etc/cron.deny files that are blocking your user - on a new Ubuntu install, it's unlikely, but worth checking for

btw, I hope you're using 'crontab -e' or 'sudo crontab -e' to edit your file, strange things may happen if not