# cPanel Cron Job Creation and Timing Guide

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Cron job runs automatically in the time you select a specific command. It can be used for backup, report generation, tail processing or application maintenance tasks. The faulty timing should be tested at low frequency before it can cause resource consumption by running very often.

## Add Cron task

1. cPanel' **Cron Works** open the screen.
2. Identify the email address that error outputs will reach.
3. Select one of the ready schedule options or fill in minutes, clock, day, month and week areas.
4. Write the full command your app gives and save the task.

## PHP Using the command correctly

PHP running the file correctly on the server PHP Use the full way of binary file and script. Use the website PHP command line with version PHP The version may be different. Based on the command that the application provider recommends and apply random internet samples directly.

## Timing examples

- `*/5 * * * *`: Every five minutes.
- `0 * * * *`: At the beginning of each hour.
- `0 3 * * *`: Every day at 03.00.
- `0 4 * * 0`: Every market time at 04.00.

## Output and error control

It makes it easy to find the error that redirects the command output in the first tests into a log file. Note that the log file is kept in a directory accessible on the web and does not grow unlimited. If the task does not work at all, the script permissions, PHP Check the version and timeframe.

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