Cron job doesn't send mail

Question

My cron job is run but no email is sent.

/usr/bin/php -f /home/user/public_html/test/cron/checklist.php task=client

result = OK

<?php
//get parameter from URL 
$argv = $_SERVER['argv'];
$task = explode("=", $argv[1]);
?>

result = OK

Complication start here !

if(!$mail->Send()) { 
    echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo.'<br>';
} else {
    echo "Message sent!<br>";
} 

It says "Message sent!" but no email is sent! When I run it from a web page as a test, it works and sends mail

I use phpmailer to send.

Answer 1

Try /usr/bin/php -f /home/user/public_html/test/cron/checklist.php client

Also, in your PHP code, differentiate between web server handling and command-line handling. Here's an example:

if (php_sapi_name() == 'cli') {
    echo "this is command line";
    $task = $argv[1];
} else {
    echo "run from a web server";
    $argv = $_SERVER['argv']; 
    $task = explode("=", $argv[1]);
}
echo "\n task =";
echo $task;