Title: Cannot update because of .ea-php-cli.cache – again !
Last modified: August 25, 2022

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# Cannot update because of .ea-php-cli.cache – again !

 *  Resolved [Palijn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palijn/)
 * (@palijn)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-because-of-ea-php-cli-cache-again/)
 * Hello,
    the old bug reappared that the mailpoet plugin fails to update (automatic
   update). The issue still lies with the `.ea-php-cli.cache -> ea-php74` symlink.
   If I delete the symlink manually before launching the plugin update, it works
   fine. At the next auto-update the update will fail (which happens quite frequently
   given the high frequency at which new versions are released !). I would love 
   to see the automatic mailpoet update work seamlessly instead of ssh’ing to my
   server everytime to `rm mailpoet/.ea-php-cli.cache` and manually launch the plugin
   update. Any suggestion ? Thanks !

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 *  Thread Starter [Palijn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palijn/)
 * (@palijn)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-because-of-ea-php-cli-cache-again/#post-15975127)
 * OK, a bit more context : the .ea-php-cli.cache symlink is generated when one 
   uses the “Server-side cron (Linux cron)” option in the Advanced Settings of Mailpoet.
   
   In there, Mailpoet tells to run the command `php /my/home/wp-content/plugins/
   mailpoet/mailpoet-cron.php /my/home/`. Running this exact command means that 
   the mailpoet-cron.php will be executed by the PHP CLI **from within the mailpoet
   plugin folder** , and the PHP CLI coupled with EasyApache (comes with cPanel 
   I think) will generate the symlink. I did find a discussion with cPanel developers
   [https://github.com/CpanelInc/php-cli/issues/2](https://github.com/CpanelInc/php-cli/issues/2)
   and there should have been a fix incorporated in the WordPress Core as per [https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/46040/46040.diff](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/46040/46040.diff)
 * I am stuck there at trying to understand why the bug pops up…again.
    Any help
   will be very appreciated !
 * Thanks
    Thierry
 *  Plugin Support [Dani F. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielinhou/)
 * (@danielinhou)
 * [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-because-of-ea-php-cli-cache-again/#post-15985468)
 * Hi there [@palijn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/palijn/) 👋🏽!
 * Thank you for reaching out to MailPoet Support!
 * I’m sorry to hear you’re having problems with our plugin.
 * I am not able to reproduce this issue on my site, probably because I don’t have
   the EasyApache module active.
 * I have reported this to the team for advice on how to troubleshoot it. Once we
   have some news about what the next steps are, we will get back to you.
 * Thanks for your patience.

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 * Last reply from: [Dani F. a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielinhou/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-update-because-of-ea-php-cli-cache-again/#post-15985468)
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