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Set It and Forget It: Automating Tasks with Cron Jobs

Champion Stack Team

·January 21, 2026

Set It and Forget It: Automating Tasks with Cron Jobs

Automation is the key to efficiency. "Cron" is a time-based job scheduler that runs commands at specific times, so you don't have to.

Common Uses

Backups: Trigger a backup script every Sunday at 3 AM.
Maintenance: Clear temporary cache files every hour.
Email Marketing: Send queued newsletters in small batches.

The Command Syntax

To run a PHP file, use the full path to the PHP binary:

/usr/local/bin/php /home/username/public_html/script.php

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