include(): Failed opening when accessing by Shell/Crontab

Question

I'm setting up a crontab. When accessing the php file directly (domain.com/file-path/file.php) it works perfectly. When accessing it through shell (php -f /var/www/vhosts/domain.com/file-path/file.php) I get include file errors all over the place. It has something to do with the include path being set as: (include_path='.:')

Is there an argument I can pass through shell to set the include_path? Or is there something I can put in file.php to fix the error? I'm trying to avoid going through all documents related to this and fixing the include path to be absolute.

Thanks!

Answer 1

try duplicating your login environment by sourcing all profile files, or see what include_path is current set to and set it appropriately in the before using php. Either method will require you to write a short script

Answer 2

You could modify your cron entry to first change to the appropriate directory and then execute the command:

cron: * * * * * cd /home/user/rest/of/path ; /usr/local/bin/php file.php