#here we load php and get the physical address of the file #0 2 * * * says that it should run in minute zero, hour two, any day of month, any month and any day of week 0 2 * * * /usr/bin/php /www/virtual/username/cron.php > /dev/null 2>&1 #my favorite, with wget the page is processed as it were loaded in a common browser 0 2 * * * wget http://whereismycronjob/cron.php