how to set cron job from php script?

Question

i am new to cron job . i studied some basics about cron job . i can able to call php using cron tab. By using following command in /etc/crontab

  10 *    * * *           


        

Answer 1

You should be able to add it directly

echo "2 * * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/PATH TO THE SCRIPT/crontest1.php\n" > /etc/cron.d/username