centos cron job running php file

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Published on 2011-02-01T14:45:24Z Indexed on 2011/02/01 15:27 UTC
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I have a php file under php called test.php set to run every 5th minute of the hour. When ever I run the file manually (by going to the web browser and runnint the path) it works fine. But when the cron job tries to run it I get the error message

my cron job is

#### Delete Records
5 * * * * /var/www/html/phpsysinfo/cronUpdateLeadBucketOnEnergycAlliance.php

my phpfile is (path : /var/www/html/phpsysinfo/phpfile)

<?php 
require("dbconnect.php");
 $sql = mysql_query("DELETE FROM list where status <> 'LEAD'") or die(mysql_error());
?>

and the error that I get is:

/var/www/html/phpsysinfo/phpFile.php: line 1: ?php: No such file or directory
/var/www/html/phpsysinfo/phpFile.php: line 2: syntax error near unexpected token `"dbconnect.php"'
/var/www/html/phpsysinfo/phpFile.php: line 2: `require("dbconnect.php");

thanks

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