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I have in root folder of my joomla website a php where i load joomla framework and create a xml output file, the first lines before i do a db request are:

define( '_JEXEC', 1 );
define( 'DS', DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR );
define( 'JPATH_BASE', realpath(dirname(__FILE__)));

require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'defines.php' );
require_once ( JPATH_BASE .DS.'includes'.DS.'framework.php' );

If i run this file i get a well generated xml file, that's ok. but i need to set a cronjob for it, if i try to run cron job, i get this error message:

/PATH/my_file.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
/PATH/my_file.php: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `'_JEXEC','
/PATH/my_file.php: line 2: `    define( '_JEXEC', 1 );'

What i need to fix to get a correct cron job?

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  • Can you please show the command you're using for your cron job?
    – Lodder
    Sep 26, 2014 at 10:11
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    – jExchange
    Sep 26, 2014 at 10:19

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You will need to define the path, starting from the very root of your server. Try changing the command to the following:

php /home/XXXX/public_html/my_file.php
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