How to use Cron with Codeigniter to query a MySQL database?

[eluser]tim peterson[/eluser]
ok i figured it out.

the key when typing the command is in the crontab file to include the asterisks, but in the shell to NOT include the asterisks

so crontab -e:
* * * * * /usr/bin/php /applications/xampp/htdocs/index.php cronControl countSales

whereas in htdocs $
/usr/bin/php /applications/xampp/htdocs/index.php cronControl countSales

thanks,

tim