[php] Execute PHP script in cron job

In our centos6 server. I would like to execute a php script in cron job as apache user but unfortunately it does not work.

here is the edition of crontab (crontab -uapache -e)

24 17 * * * php /opt/test.php

and here is the source code of "test.php" file which works fine with "apache" user as owner.

<?php exec( 'touch /opt/test/test.txt');?>

I try to replace php with full path of php (/usr/local/php/bin/php) but also it doesn't work

Thanks in advance, Please Help me

You may need to run the cron job as a user with permissions to execute the PHP script. Try executing the cron job as root, using the command runuser (man runuser). Or create a system crontable and run the PHP script as an authorized user, as @Philip described.

I provide a detailed answer how to use cron in this stackoverflow post.

How to write a cron that will run a script every day at midnight?

I had the same problem... I had to run it as a user.

00 * * * * root /usr/bin/php /var/virtual/hostname.nz/public_html/cronjob.php