How to run a php file(script) automatically in a certain interval - Using Cron job

In your project you might have to run a function or script (.php) file automatically for a various reasons like automatic sending email on birthday or automatically close a auction when the end_time is reached. What to do in that situation? .To do these things automatically, you must have a php file which must contains the code and these files should be called automatically at certain certain time. So how to do that? The answer is Cron Job. Cron job are the cron tab command found in the UNIX or Linux system.

Now let’s see how can we call the file automatically at certain duration. Let’s suppose the duration is one hour, now I’ll show you how to setup the the cron-job of every one hour to run a PHP file automatically in the Cpanel of your website.

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