Plesk Cron Install WHMCS on plesk - cron/ioncube issues resolved

[Simon Kember]

I recently installed WHMCS on  a VPS running Plesk and had some issues  configuring  Cron.
the  suggested cron command  was

*/5 * * * * php -q /var/www/vhosts/MYDOMAIN/whmcs/crons/cron.php

However this invokes  the CLI  version of php installed on the server and failed  with the complaint  that the ioncube loader version was incorrect  and could not decode the cron file.

The domain where WHMCS is installed   is running php 7   but the cli php on the server itself is stuck  at version 5.3 and upgrade not  available in the yum repositories for centos6.

Altering the cron  command to point at the correct php binary in use of the domain resolved the  issue

/opt/plesk/php/7.0/bin/php -q /var/www/vhosts/MYDOMAIN/whmcs/crons/cron.php

You also  need to set the /path/to/WHMCS/ in the config  in the crons directory

Hope this helps other Plesk users  to  get their configuration working

[WHMCS ChrisD]

Thanks for sharing @Simon Kember each environment can be slightly different so tips like this really help other community users