Cron Job isn't doing anything (MMORPG)

[Sixu]

I'm really confused about this particular problem i'm having, this particular syntax:

0,30 * * * * /usr/bin/lynx -dump http://localhost/cwars/hourly.php?server_passwd=mypassword

used to work not so long ago, either my host has changed something recently to my account or else i've done something.

basically there are two php files i want cron to hit up, once an hour and the other once a day.

I've tried all of the following variations:

/usr/bin/lynx -dump http://localhost/cwars/hourly.php?server_passwd=mypassword

/usr/local/bin/lynx --dump http://www.12colonies.net/cwars/hourly.php

root /usr/local/bin/lynx - -dump /home/myusername/public_html/cwars/hourly.php?server_passwd=mypassword

/usr/bin/curl /home/myusername/www/cwars/hourly.php?server_passwd=mypassword

/usr/bin/php -q /home/myusername/www/cwars/hourly.php?server_passwd=mypassword

/usr/bin/php -q /home/myusername/www/cwars/hourly.php?server_passwd=mypassword

/usr/bin/lynx -dump /home/myusername/public_html/cwars/hourly.php?server_passwd=mypassword

/home/myusername/www/cwars/hourly.php

wget -qO - http://localhost/cwars/hourly.php?server_passwd=mypassword

everyone of these have been set to: */10 or 5,35. I do not get an email from any of them and by default my email address is on the crontab to forward me the data.

manually typing in the address to the php files does work to update the game, so i'm completely at a loss what to do next. I have contacted my host about lynx and to see if the interpreter directory has been moved, in the meantime if anyone has any other suggestions? I'm new to this, as you can imagine.

[Xnuiem]

if you are calling it via CGI, ie /usr/bin/php you can't use ?server_passwd, you will need to use argv to get the input.

Using lynx is a horrible idea in this case, since basically you are passing this stuff in the clear, it is way better to use a protected file and CGI it so it can only be called from the command line.

Once an hour would be:

15 * * * *

Once a day would be

15 15 * * *

I dont know what you are trying to do with those other options, but they are not the most direct route.