Cron.php won't run (required php version mismatch error)

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Last Post: June 1, 2016   (RSS)

By gkornbluth - May 22, 2016

Hi All,

I recently upgraded to V 3.04 and decided to try autobackup V1.04

 I’ve set up a cron job on the server (Bluehost) using the code suggested on the Admin > General tab:

php -q /home1/susansa7/public_html/susansaladino/cmsAdmin/cron.php

The cron job does run every minute, however the resulting cron job emails read:

"This program requires PHP v5.5.0 or greater. You have PHP v5.2.17 installed.<br/> Please ask your server administrator to upgrade PHP to a newer version.<br/><br/>"

However the Server Info on the Admin > General tab says that the site is using PHP v5.6.17

The server is set up to use a single php.ini file and I couldn’t find any conflicting .ini or .htaccess files on the site.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Jerry Kornbluth

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By Damon - May 23, 2016

Hi Jerry,

I had the same issue with one my own site installations giving me the same error.

I was using something similar to this:

php -q /home1/susansa7/public_html/susansaladino/cmsAdmin/cron.php

Turns out that php was pointing to an older version of php (the server has multiple versions of PHP).

I needed to change 
php

to 
/usr/local/php55/bin/php

and the email error stopped. 

Check with your host what the path you should be using.

Let me know if this solves the issue.

Thanks!

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By gkornbluth - May 31, 2016

Thanks Damon,

As with the other post, I never get an email telling me that this thread had been updated, sorry for the delay in responding.

I'll give it a try tomorrow morning and report back.

Best,

Jerry Kornbluth

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By mizrahi - June 1, 2016

I have the situation, also with bluehost, so if you could post your final resolution it would be greatly appreciated. 

By gkornbluth - June 1, 2016 - edited: June 1, 2016

Hi mizrahi,

The solution seems to be as Damon suggested.

I'm on a Bluehost shared hosting platform and running php 5.6 as a single php.ini file, so changing:

php -q /home1/susansa7/public_html/susansaladino/cmsAdmin/cron.php to php56s -q /home1/susansa7/public_html/susansaladino/cmsAdmin/cron.php

did the trick.

Hope it works for you...

Best,

Jerry Kornbluth

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By mizrahi - June 1, 2016

Thanks. Updating now.

By mizrahi - June 1, 2016

This didn't actually work for me. I am getting this error in the email reports...

mount: /var/fake/[username]/var/lib/mysql not mounted already, or bad option