Answers.Body: <p>You don't say what version of anything you are running, or if you upgraded or did a new install.  If this is a 4.7 upgrade, I had similar issues and had to resort to installing and using the WP-CLI method.  If you go that route, you probably also want to take a look at this:
  <a href="https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/9553/wp-cli-using-gmt-utc-timezone-on-cron-jobs?rq=1">WP-CLI using GMT/UTC Timezone on cron jobs</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: Sorry, slipped my mind to include the versions, I might have to resort to WP-CLI, thank you for the suggestion.
  
  Using:
  cPanel version 11.52.3 (build 1)
  CiviCRM version 4.6
  WordPress 4.4.2
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Answers.Body: <p>Not sure if I'm on the right track here, but what if you created a separate one-liner script with just the wget command you're trying to run and executed said script from cron?</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Good idea, I have tried it, for some reason Cron always reports back saying no such file or directory. I am still trying many things and this idea has not been crossed off just yet.
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Body: <p>I have spent the last two weeks trying to get Cron Jobs with cPanel run Scheduled Jobs in CiviCRM. Literally everything I have tried does not work as a command in Cron Jobs but when using SSH I have been able to get this to trigger the job to run:</p>
  
  <pre><code>wget -q -O - "http://website.com/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=websiteAdmin&amp;pass=websiteAdminPassword&amp;key=1234567912345678912345678912345"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But when I take this exact command that works via SSH and put it into Cron Jobs I get an email stating:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
  /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My next idea was to remove the quotation marks before and after the link, which then failed due to invalid token, the password has symbols in it, so I escaped them using \ before each special character. Then I get:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR: You need to send a valid key to execute this file. More info at:http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Managing+Scheduled+Jobs
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>At this point, I know for a fact the key is correct since this command runs via SSH and the key never changed every time so far. The escaped characters are only within the password.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried many other things but I figured a log file explanation might be overkill, anyone have any ideas?</p>
  
  <p>Using:
  cPanel version 11.52.3 (build 1)
  CiviCRM version 4.6
  WordPress 4.4.2</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Have you tried escaping also the ampersand characters in the string? ie. `\&pass...\&key...`
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Comments.Text: Yes, when I escape the additional characters after the ? I get: 
  
  `ERROR: You need to send a valid user name and password to execute this file`
  
  That was a good idea, I thought for sure it would solve it too.
  
  Using:
  cPanel version 11.52.3 (build 1)
  CiviCRM version 4.6
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Comments.Text: When I was testing this, it seemed that system checked the key before it checked the Username/Password.  You could quick test this theory by escaping things and entering the wrong key.  A return of invalid key would then show the key is being tested first.  This is the reason I ended up having to go to WP-CLI.  I was getting the same type of errors with curl.
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Comments.Text: I have been working towards getting WP-CLI to do the job for me and have run into another issue.
  
  When doing this command 
  
  `wp eval-file http://website.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php name=websiteAdmin pass=websiteAdminPassword key=1234567912345678912345678912345 --path=/home8/farrnetw/public_html/`
  
  It returns:
  
  `Fatal error: Class 'WP_Widget' not found in /home8/thing/public_html/wp-content/plugins/image-widget/image-widget.php on line 25`
  
  I did som checking around and all I can find is people having install issues, which is not the case here since this has been up
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Comments.Text: Solved the issue, used this line to get it to run
  `wget -O /dev/null -q -t 1 'http://website.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=web_admin&pass=web_pass&key=web_key'` but i had to only escape a % symbol that was in the password and not escape any of the other special characters.
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Tags: <wordpress><cron><scheduled-job>
Title: cPanel Cron to run Scheduled Job Help
ThreadText: # cPanel Cron to run Scheduled Job Help
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-02-29)
  
  I have spent the last two weeks trying to get Cron Jobs with cPanel run Scheduled Jobs in CiviCRM. Literally everything I have tried does not work as a command in Cron Jobs but when using SSH I have been able to get this to trigger the job to run:
  
  ```
  wget -q -O - "http://website.com/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=websiteAdmin&pass=websiteAdminPassword&key=1234567912345678912345678912345"
  
  ```
  
  But when I take this exact command that works via SSH and put it into Cron Jobs I get an email stating:
  
  ```
  /bin/sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
  /bin/sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
  
  ```
  
  My next idea was to remove the quotation marks before and after the link, which then failed due to invalid token, the password has symbols in it, so I escaped them using \ before each special character. Then I get:
  
  ```
  ERROR: You need to send a valid key to execute this file. More info at:http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Managing+Scheduled+Jobs
  
  ```
  
  At this point, I know for a fact the key is correct since this command runs via SSH and the key never changed every time so far. The escaped characters are only within the password.
  
  I have tried many other things but I figured a log file explanation might be overkill, anyone have any ideas?
  
  Using:
  cPanel version 11.52.3 (build 1)
  CiviCRM version 4.6
  WordPress 4.4.2
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, cron, scheduled-job
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Have you tried escaping also the ampersand characters in the string? ie. `\&pass...\&key...`  
  > **username_0**: Yes, when I escape the additional characters after the ? I get:   `ERROR: You need to send a valid user name and password to execute this file`  That was a good idea, I thought for sure it would solve it too.  Using: cPanel version 11.52.3 (build 1) CiviCRM version 4.6  
  > **username_2**: When I was testing this, it seemed that system checked the key before it checked the Username/Password.  You could quick test this theory by escaping things and entering the wrong key.  A return of invalid key would then show the key is being tested first.  This is the reason I ended up having to go to WP-CLI.  I was getting the same type of errors with curl.  
  > **username_0**: I have been working towards getting WP-CLI to do the job for me and have run into another issue.  When doing this command   `wp eval-file http://website.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php name=websiteAdmin pass=websiteAdminPassword key=1234567912345678912345678912345 --path=/home8/farrnetw/public_html/`  It returns:  `Fatal error: Class 'WP_Widget' not found in /home8/thing/public_html/wp-content/plugins/image-widget/image-widget.php on line 25`  I did som checking around and all I can find is people having install issues, which is not the case here since this has been up  
  > **username_0**: Solved the issue, used this line to get it to run `wget -O /dev/null -q -t 1 'http://website.org/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/bin/cron.php?name=web_admin&pass=web_pass&key=web_key'` but i had to only escape a % symbol that was in the password and not escape any of the other special characters.  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2016-02-29. Score: 1
  
  You don't say what version of anything you are running, or if you upgraded or did a new install. If this is a 4.7 upgrade, I had similar issues and had to resort to installing and using the WP-CLI method. If you go that route, you probably also want to take a look at this:
  [WP-CLI using GMT/UTC Timezone on cron jobs](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/9553/wp-cli-using-gmt-utc-timezone-on-cron-jobs?rq=1)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Sorry, slipped my mind to include the versions, I might have to resort to WP-CLI, thank you for the suggestion.  Using: cPanel version 11.52.3 (build 1) CiviCRM version 4.6 WordPress 4.4.2  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-02-29. Score: 0
  
  Not sure if I'm on the right track here, but what if you created a separate one-liner script with just the wget command you're trying to run and executed said script from cron?
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Good idea, I have tried it, for some reason Cron always reports back saying no such file or directory. I am still trying many things and this idea has not been crossed off just yet.  
  
  ---
  
  