Run Symfony2 command from cronjobs in CPanel on a shared host

Let's see how to program tasks scheduled in CPanel shared hosting to run custom commands of Symfony2.

In our example we will have the following file structure of our Symfony project in our shared server:

/home/{username}
|
|- /app
|- /src
|  |
|  |- /AppBundle
|  |
|  |- /Command
|     |
|     |-TestCommand.php
|
|- /vendor
|- /public_html
|  |
|  |- app.php
|
|- test_command.log

/src/AppBundle/Command/TestCommand.php

<?php

namespace AppBundleCommand; 

use SymfonyBundleFrameworkBundleCommandContainerAwareCommand; 
use SymfonyComponentConsoleInputInputArgument; 
use SymfonyComponentConsoleInputInputInterface; 
use SymfonyComponentConsoleInputInputOption; 
use SymfonyComponentConsoleOutputOutputInterface; 

class TestCommand extends ContainerAwareCommand
{
    protected function configure()
    {
        $this->setName('my:test:run');
    }

    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
    {
        $output->writeln('Welcome World!');
    }
}

Now we run each time our command and to save the result in the test_command.log file. To do this just go in our CPanel:

Home > Advanced > Cron Jobs

Minute: 0

Hour: *

Day: *

Month: *

Weekday: *

Command: /usr/bin/php -q /home/{username}/app/console my:test:run >/home/{username}/test_command.log

Replace {username} by your user name on your shared hosting account.