Poller error CMD.PHP

[PlaneTeeR]

Hey,

I followed the guide installing cacti for windows, but when i'm trying for the first time to start the poller in the guide I get an error in my cacti.log. The error is:

11/21/2006 09:33:25 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] ERROR: The PHP Script: CMD.PHP Must be started using the full path to the file and in lower case. This is a PHP Bug!!!
11/21/2006 09:33:43 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] ERROR: The PHP Script: CMD.PHP Must be started using the full path to the file and in lower case. This is a PHP Bug!!!
11/21/2006 09:33:47 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] ERROR: The PHP Script: CMD.PHP Must be started using the full path to the file and in lower case. This is a PHP Bug!!!
11/21/2006 09:33:55 PM - CMDPHP: Poller[0] ERROR: The PHP Script: CMD.PHP Must be started using the full path to the file and in lower case. This is a PHP Bug!!!

In the guide it says it must show some data in your cmd line interface but I see nothing. I've started te poller using this command in my cmd:

php c:/www/cacti/poller.php
or
php c:\www\cacti\poller.php

It's says it's a PHP bug, but what can i do to correct it?
(I've got the latest versions of all software)(winxp)

Thanks

Johnny

[tymbow]

You probably should specify the full path to php, e.g. c:\php\php.exe c:\www\cacti\poller.php

Anyway, what version of PHP are you using? A few people have seen this with the latest PHP 5.2.0 and I don't think it's been addressed yet. It works fine with PHP 5.1.6

[PlaneTeeR]

I use PHP 5.2.0, when i try it with c:\php\php.exe i get a parse error in php.exe:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '.' in c:\php\php.exe on line 137

Is this also a bug with the new version of php? Where can i get the previous version? 5.1.6?

Thanks Johnny

[TheWitness]

It's not the PHP path that is the problem in Windows, it's the path to cmd.php and it was a problem in earlier versions. So during debugging, simply specify the launch as follows:

php c:/wwwroot/cacti/cmd.php

TheWitness

[PlaneTeeR]

Hmm, i don't understand what I should do now. I've tried

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php c:\www\cacti\cmd.php

but get the same result as before. What should i do exactly?

thanks Johnny

[tymbow]

I say go back to PHP 5.1.6 and use the paths as the Witness outlined.

You can get PHP 5.1.6 from http://www.php.net/releases.php - it should be at the top.

[TheWitness]

Your php.ini file is hosed. Start with a fresh one.

[PlaneTeeR]

I'm first trying a fresh php.ini file. before changing php version. The installation guide uses the php.ini.dist file, why not the php.ini-recommended?

Johnny

[TheWitness]

Dude,

The following line:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '.' in c:\php\php.exe on line 137

Is indicative of a hosed PHP.INI file. I don't control The PHP Groups distribution, I just know that that is your problem.

TheWitness

[BSOD2600]

He's right though -- there is a bug with cacti and php 5.2.0. So until there is a patch released, go back to, 5.1.6

[PlaneTeeR]

Oke, Hmm i will use the installer on a new virtual machine, this is much faster and i don't have to configure everything, thanks anyway.

[thingles]

Did you happen to find a solution to this? I'm having the exact same problem using PHP 5.2.0 with cacti 0.8.6i on Windows Server 2003. PHP is running fine for other web applications on the same host. But the poller gives me this error.

[thingles]

Just to confirm -- downgrading to PHP 5.1.x does seem to fix this.

[PlaneTeeR]

When I downgraded it solved the problem...

Now I used the installer, much less work .

Johnny

[airwalk]

He's right though -- there is a bug with cacti and php 5.2.0. So until there is a patch released, go back to, 5.1.6

Any news on the subject?