To be honest...that's what another member of the forum helped me create.

I don't understand the question...
"Using what method are you configuring your cronjob? Through a (web)application or directly from a console or SSH?"

If you mean server application...I just pasted it into the Cpanel Cronjob Command field using the Standard interface.

Could you ask in another way?
Thanks.

Thanks...didn't have the space after php so fixed that and just ran the job and the notice email states...

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<b>Notice</b>:  Undefined index:  SERVER_NAME in <b>/home/catusjpn/public_html/JOBBER/config.php</b> on line <b>18</b><br />
[config.php] Cannot determine APP_MAIN_DIR, please set manual and comment this line

...so it seems I'm screwing up the SERVER_NAME. But looking at config.php from Line18 only states 'localhost'
// MySQL + misc settings for local environment
    if ($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] == 'localhost')
    {
        define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');

Would the 'unix user' as you call it be the same as the local environment's
'define('DB_USER', 'XXXXXXX');
in config.php?

I'm not sure how this is done...

"replacing the entire if/else case (of ($_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] == 'localhost')) by just the needed variables (define('DB_HOST')...)"

What gets replaced with what?

Is there another way to resolve the issue and get the cronjob running properly?
Thanks for the help. My learning curve is flatting out.

The cronjob has run it's course and the jobs have run through their 1 day posting period.

The cron_maintenance seems to be running properly because CronDaemon is sending the notification email, but the jobs are not being deleted. The content of the notification email is only...

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From config.php made sure to use
require_once '_includes/class.Db.php';
but no change. Still getting same notification email.

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I'll register all the jobs and run it fresh.

class.Maintenance.php is still

<?php

class Maintenance
{
   
    function __construct()
    { }
   
    // delete temporary posts older than 1 days
    public function DeleteTemporaryJobs()
    {
        global $db;
        $sql = 'DELETE FROM jobs WHERE DATEDIFF(NOW(), created_on) > 1 AND is_temp = 1 AND is_active = 0';
        $db->Execute($sql);
    }
   
      public function DeactivateOldJobs()
    {
        global $db;
        $sql = 'DELETE FROM jobs WHERE DATEDIFF(NOW(), created_on) > 1';
        $db->Execute($sql);
    }
}
?>

Yep....config.php uses require_once '_includes/class.Db.php'; so included that.

<?php
    //Include the DB Class (either use class.Db.php or class.Db.MySql.php)
    require_once '_includes/class.Db.php';

    //Define Server variables (same as config.php)
        define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
        define('DB_USER', 'USERNAMEHERE');
        define('DB_PASS', 'PASSWORD');
        define('DB_NAME', 'DBNAMEHERE');
        define('LOCATION', 'local');
        define('ENVIRONMENT', 'dev');
   
    //Make the connection to the database
    $db = new Db(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASS, DB_NAME);
    $db->Execute('SET CHARSET UTF8')

    //Include the function  for the cronjob
    require_once '_includes/class.Maintenance.php';

    $janitor = new Maintenance();
    $janitor->DeleteTemporaryJobs();
    $janitor->DeactivateOldJobs();

?>

Deleted testing Employers and Jobs, checked the cron.Maintenance.php again, checked the Command Tab and reposted 3 jobs. Will have to wait 24 hrs for results. Hmmm...very strange...It has to be something incredibly simple.

Chronos, thank you for your help.