# Cron jobs only possible through script calling \*.php

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-jobs-only-possible-through-script-calling-php/3667>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [May 7, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-jobs-only-possible-through-script-calling-php/3667 "2016-05-07T10:44:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![niknak38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@niknak38](https://forum.mautic.org/u/niknak38)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-jobs-only-possible-through-script-calling-php/3667/1 "2016-05-07T10:44:22Z")

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Hello all  
  
  
  
I´m a online marketer (–\> with basic programming skills) and new to mautic. I´ve installed it and everything worked out fine except the cron jobs. I´ve tried to do them but it didn´t work out. So I asked my hosting provider and the support told me, that they only allow to run cron jobs through a concrete script calling \*.php.  
  
  
  
Now I would ask for help to solve this problem. Is there a workaround to run the cron jobs by php script? Any suggestions?  
  
  
  
Thanks for the help in advance.

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**Author:** ![niknak38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@niknak38](https://forum.mautic.org/u/niknak38)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-jobs-only-possible-through-script-calling-php/3667/2 "2016-05-07T10:44:22Z")

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Hello all

I´m a online marketer (–\> with basic programming skills) and new to mautic. I´ve installed it and everything worked out fine except the cron jobs. I´ve tried to do them but it didn´t work out. So I asked my hosting provider and the support told me, that they only allow to run cron jobs through a concrete script calling \*.php.

Now I would ask for help to solve this problem. Is there a workaround to run the cron jobs by php script? Any suggestions?

Thanks for the help in advance.

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**Author:** ![vln104](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@vln104](https://forum.mautic.org/u/vln104)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-jobs-only-possible-through-script-calling-php/3667/3 "2016-05-07T13:41:08Z")

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Hi,

Would a service like this work for you? [https://cron-job.org/en/](https://cron-job.org/en/)

If you want then I think it’s possible to call symfony commands from php code [http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/console/command\_in\_controller.html](http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/console/command_in_controller.html)

Hope this helps.

Linh

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**Author:** ![niknak38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8baadc/32.png) [@niknak38](https://forum.mautic.org/u/niknak38)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/cron-jobs-only-possible-through-script-calling-php/3667/4 "2016-05-13T13:55:22Z")

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> [@10065:@vln104](#):
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Thx for the help!