CodeIgniter Cron Job on Shared Hosting?

Question

I am trying to learn how to do my first cron job using CodeIgniter. In the past, it seemed the only way to do this with CI was to use the wget command instead of

Answer 1

It's going to depend on your host. Cron jobs could really screw stuff up if you're not careful, so a lot of shared hosts don't allow it. You probably need to be on some virtual container (like a VPS, virtuozo, etc.) to do this. This isn't a CodeIgniter issue, but a hosting provider issue. Call them first.