CodeIgniter CRON job - codeigniter

I'm trying to set up a CRON job to make some database changes on a CodeIgniter install and having issues with the host that are stopping it from working. The host's CRON setup only allows you to execute a PHP file rather than calling a URL.
What I've tried:
Curl, wget, file_get_contents, fopen, http_get from a static PHP file - all not allowed by the host
/path/to/php /path/to/index.php controller method - to use the command line interface
After unfruitful conversations with the host I'm out of ideas. Does anyone know how I could call a controller method from a static PHP file without the above?

First of all, I'm assuming you are using CI ver 2> (CLI support was not available before).
Secondly, lets say that the page you are trying to fire under cron is http://www.mysite.com/index.php/cronjobs/thejob
The correct command would be:
/usr/bin/php /var/www/rootCIfolder/index.php cronjobs thejob
Replace /usr/bin/php with the location of your php executable and /var/www/rootCIfolder with the location of your CI folder.
You need to have php compiled with command line support. You can verify this by:
# php -v
PHP 5.3.3 (cli) (built: Jul 3 2012 16:53:21)

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Yes I have php installed. (v7.0)
Yes I have the php-cli package installed. (v7.0)
My VPS server uses linox OS.
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laravel Schedule documentation

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/usr/bin/php
You can find your path by typing:
whereis php
Second of all, it could be because you haven't installed the packages neccesary on your server. You need the package php cli
sudo apt-get install php5-cli
Lastly, your cron controller may contain errors, I recommend checking your log file, if you see any errors. For me, the crontab job that is working is:
0 10 * * * /usr/bin/php /var/www/<MY_PROJECT_NAME>/index.php Cron
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Your controller should not be capitalised
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also index method should not be required as it is the default method.

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