Checking the Cron Scheduler

You can check the scheduler's operation as follows.

Using your hosting panel , WebFTP section, or a regular FTP client, create two files in your domain folder : testcron.php and testcron.txt

Place the following code in the testcron.php file:

 <?php $fd = fopen("/home/HOSTING_LOGIN/domain.ru/testcron.txt","a"); fwrite($fd, "File access - ".date("dmY H:i")."\r\n"); fclose($fd); ?>

/home/HOSTING_LOGIN/domain.ru/ - must be replaced with the full domain path (specified in the Domains section)

Next, go to the hosting panel , Scheduler section, and add a task to access the testcron.php file every minute, or at your desired execution time - here's how to do this .

When the task is executed, a line will be written to the testcron.txt file with the text File access - date and time of access:

This way we can see when the scheduler is triggered and whether it is triggered at all.

File accessed - 01/11/2011 10:13 PM

File accessed - 01/11/2011 10:14 PM

File accessed - 01/11/2011 10:15 PM

File accessed - 01/11/2011 10:16 PM

File accessed - 01/11/2011 10:17 PM

Don't forget to remove the task from the scheduler after checking it! Otherwise, the text file will grow over time.