From 2196de9959fb568163e0c45dce45d7df2422807d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DevSoftTech Server <info.devsofttech@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:21:23 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cron installer to use php83 instead of incompatible
 default php CLI

---
 deploy.sh                   | 6 +++++-
 scripts/install_hms_cron.sh | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index f47d0f9..00264a8 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ echo "=== Pushing to GitHub ==="
 git push origin main
 
 echo "=== Deploying to server ==="
-REMOTE_CMDS="cd $PROJECT && git config core.fileMode false && git pull origin main && php spark migrate --namespace App && bash scripts/install_hms_cron.sh $PROJECT && echo DEPLOY_OK"
+# NOTE: this server's default `php` CLI is NOT the app-compatible PHP version;
+# use `php83` explicitly (resolved to its absolute path on the server) for both
+# the migration step and the cron installer, otherwise cron jobs silently fail
+# with "syntax error, unexpected ')'" parse errors from an incompatible PHP CLI.
+REMOTE_CMDS="cd $PROJECT && git config core.fileMode false && git pull origin main && PHP_BIN=\$(command -v php83 || command -v php) && \$PHP_BIN spark migrate --namespace App && PHP_BIN=\$PHP_BIN bash scripts/install_hms_cron.sh $PROJECT && echo DEPLOY_OK"
 
 if command -v plink &>/dev/null; then
     plink -ssh -batch -pw "$HMS_SSH_PASS" $SERVER "$REMOTE_CMDS"
diff --git a/scripts/install_hms_cron.sh b/scripts/install_hms_cron.sh
index d326d7c..2a46347 100644
--- a/scripts/install_hms_cron.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_hms_cron.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 PROJECT_DIR="${1:-/var/www/html/hms_etria}"
-PHP_BIN="${PHP_BIN:-php}"
+# Default PHP_BIN prefers the app-compatible `php83` CLI over the bare `php`
+# alias, since on some servers (e.g. CloudLinux/cPanel-style alt-php setups)
+# plain `php` resolves to an older, incompatible PHP version that fails to
+# even parse `spark` (composer.json requires PHP ^8.2). Override via the
+# PHP_BIN env var if your server uses a different binary name/path.
+PHP_BIN="${PHP_BIN:-$(command -v php83 || command -v php)}"
 LOG_DIR="${PROJECT_DIR}/writable/logs/cron"
 
 BLOCK_START="# BEGIN HMS_CI4_AUTOGENERATED_CRON"