Cron-Job creation in cPanel Command for Automated MySQL DB Backup mysqldump --triggers --routines --events --tz-utc \ -u<user> -p<pass> <db-name> | \ gzip -9 > /full/path/to/backup/folder/`date +"\%Y-\%m-\%d-\%H\%M"`_my_db.sql.gz The date format parameters must be escaped as % If the command results in any output to STDOUT, an email will be sent with that response. Otherwise there is no email. Command for Running a PHP Script /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/username/public_html/folder/file.php > /dev/null