Issue Job runs from browser but not in cron

[brownbag]

I have a daily job that I run, written in php, which works fine when run manually from a browser, but fails on the following line when run as a schedulued (cron) job set up in plesk.

The line that has the issue is this:

require '../inc/_global/db_con.php';

The php script is located in /var/www/vhosts/compleit.com/customer/sm/cron

The db_con.php file that it is referencing is located in /var/www/vhosts/compleit.com/customer/sm/inc/_global

The error is attached.

I can get it to work as a cron job by changing the line to the following:

require '/var/www/vhosts/compleit.com/customer/sm/inc/_global/db_con.php';

But I shouldn't need to specify the full path (and don't want to, as I want to use this code for customers other than 'sm'.

How do I get it to work in cron without having to specify the full path?

 

[Bitpalast]

You need to use "magic constants" in PHP to achieve your goal. These are constants that are replaced on runtime with dynamic content, for example __DIR__ with the path to the current script. So you don't need to know the path. See this for more on it:

PHP: Predefined constants - Manual

PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

www.php.net

 

[brownbag]

You need to use "magic constants" in PHP to achieve your goal. These are constants that are replaced on runtime with dynamic content, for example __DIR__ with the path to the current script. So you don't need to know the path. See this for more on it:

That does enable me to build the value that I need with dynamic conetnt. The issue now is how to get the require command to work with a variable. I'm not sure if this is possible.