Laravel 5.3 scheduler doesn't run automatically - php

Question

I'm using Laravel 5.3.26 and cannot set the scheduler to run automatically although i have the cron job ready.
I' ve created a new command ligmena:update, below is the code:
<?php
namespace App\Console\Commands;
use Illuminate\Console\Command;
use DB;
class ligmena extends Command {
/**
* The name and signature of the console command.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $signature = 'ligmena:update';
/**
* The console command description.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $description = 'Update';
/**
* Create a new command instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct() {
parent::__construct();
}
/**
* Execute the console command.
*
* #return mixed
*/
public function handle() {
//
$today = strtotime("now");
$energa_symvolaia = DB::table('symvolaia')->where('eidos_kinisis', '1')->get();
foreach ($energa_symvolaia as $es) {
$imerominia_lixis = strtotime(str_replace("/", "-", $es->imerominia_lixis));
if ($today > $imerominia_lixis)
DB::table('symvolaia')->where('id', '<', $es->id)->update(['eidos_kinisis' => '4']);
}
}
}
?>
Below is the code of Kernel.php
<?php
namespace App\Console;
use DB;
use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;
class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel {
/**
* The Artisan commands provided by your application.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $commands = [
\App\Console\Commands\ligmena::class,
//
];
/**
* Define the application's command schedule.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule $schedule
* #return void
*/
protected function schedule(Schedule $schedule) {
// $schedule->command('inspire')
// ->hourly();
$schedule->command('ligmena:update')->everyMinute();
}
/**
* Register the Closure based commands for the application.
*
* #return void
*/
protected function commands() {
require base_path('routes/console.php');
}
}
?>
I've setup the cron job like this:
php /home/site.com/public_html/testdemo/artisan schedule:run >> /dev/null 2>&1
and it runs every minute.
If I run the command manually it works fine.
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I 've solved the issue using raw mysql.
The cron job was running fine and the code was ok but it was not changing the DB.
After i changed to raw mysql it worked fine