Exception raised when added a crontab entry

[andreabrega74]

Hallo everyone,
OSx catalina 10.15.4,
PHP 7.4.4,
Laravel (framework 7.9.2) fresh installation, only laravel-webhook-client package installed,
crontab entry: * * * * * cd /Library/WebServer/Documents/Foo/Bar && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Adding the previous line to crontab to let the scheduler run, even if there is no instruction in the function schedule in the file Console/Kernel.php, the following error is raised anytime cron launches the schedule (in this case every minute, two tries and then i stopped cron).
No errors if php artisan schedule:run is launched directly from terminal, and no problems at all with the package functionalities (i can receive webhooks properly).

[2020-05-03 07:23:01] local.ERROR: syntax error, unexpected '$url' (T_VARIABLE), expecting ')' {"exception":"[object] (ParseError(code: 0): syntax error, unexpected '$url' (T_VARIABLE), expecting ')' at /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/spatie/laravel-webhook-client/src/WebhookClientServiceProvider.php:28)
[stacktrace]
#0 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/composer/ClassLoader.php(322): Composer\Autoload\includeFile('/Library/WebSer...')
#1 [internal function]: Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader->loadClass('Spatie\\WebhookC...')
#2 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(690): spl_autoload_call('Spatie\\WebhookC...')
#3 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(624): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->resolveProvider('Spatie\\WebhookC...')
#4 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/ProviderRepository.php(75): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->register('Spatie\\WebhookC...')
#5 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(604): Illuminate\Foundation\ProviderRepository->load(Array)
#6 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/RegisterProviders.php(17): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->registerConfiguredProviders()
#7 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(230): Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterProviders->bootstrap(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application))
#8 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(310): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->bootstrapWith(Array)
#9 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(127): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->bootstrap()
#10 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/artisan(37): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#11 {main}
"}
[2020-05-03 07:24:00] local.ERROR: syntax error, unexpected '$url' (T_VARIABLE), expecting ')' {"exception":"[object] (ParseError(code: 0): syntax error, unexpected '$url' (T_VARIABLE), expecting ')' at /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/spatie/laravel-webhook-client/src/WebhookClientServiceProvider.php:28)
[stacktrace]
#0 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/composer/ClassLoader.php(322): Composer\Autoload\includeFile('/Library/WebSer...')
#1 [internal function]: Composer\Autoload\ClassLoader->loadClass('Spatie\\WebhookC...')
#2 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(690): spl_autoload_call('Spatie\\WebhookC...')
#3 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(624): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->resolveProvider('Spatie\\WebhookC...')
#4 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/ProviderRepository.php(75): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->register('Spatie\\WebhookC...')
#5 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(604): Illuminate\Foundation\ProviderRepository->load(Array)
#6 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Bootstrap/RegisterProviders.php(17): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->registerConfiguredProviders()
#7 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Application.php(230): Illuminate\Foundation\Bootstrap\RegisterProviders->bootstrap(Object(Illuminate\Foundation\Application))
#8 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(310): Illuminate\Foundation\Application->bootstrapWith(Array)
#9 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Foundation/Console/Kernel.php(127): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->bootstrap()
#10 /Library/WebServer/Documents/IIC/FakeWebhook/artisan(37): Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel->handle(Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArgvInput), Object(Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput))
#11 {main}
"}

I think it's worth an investigation :)

Thank you All,
Andrea

[freekmurze]

It seems like you are not running PHP 7.4 on the CLI.

[andreabrega74]

Yes, you were right.
After a while I figured out that php launched in the terminal was not the one launched by cron.

To verify it, I simply added a crontab entry that writes to a file the result of the command 'which php' and I discovered the difference.

In case some other people run into this problem, it's enough to change the crontab entry
from: * * * * * cd /Library/WebServer/Documents/Foo/Bar && php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
to: * * * * * cd /Library/WebServer/Documents/Foo/Bar && /usr/local/bin/php artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1

Thanks again,
Andrea