php cron job

<?php
/**
USES:
	sudo -u USER crontab -e
	5/* * * * * /usr/bin/php /home2/bin/cronmonitor.php  > /dev/null 2>&1 &
*/
class CronMonitor
{
    private $bin_php = '/usr/bin/php';
    private $path_daemon = '/home2/wwwroot/bin/';


    private $process = array(
        'sent_record.php',
	'sent_message.php',
	'sent_jobs.php'
    );

    public function __construct ()
    {
        foreach ($this->process as $process)
        {
            if (! $this->checkpro($process))
            {
                $this->startpro($process);
            }
        }
        return 1;
    }

    private function checkpro ($process)
    {
        $cmd = "ps -aef | grep '{$this->path_daemon}{$process}' | grep -v 'grep' | wc -l";
        $fp = @popen($cmd, "r");
        $num = @fread($fp, 512);
        //make int
        $num += 0;
        @pclose($fp);
        if ($num <= 0)
            return 0;
        return 1;
    }

    private function startpro ($process)
    {
        system("{$this->bin_php} {$this->path_daemon}{$process} > /dev/null 2>&1 &");
    }
}
new CronMonitor();