PHP installation in windows

[doqb]

I am trying to finish Cacti installation for windows....I have followed the procedure in the manuals... Almost at the end of the procedure it ask to run the following to check the PHP installation:

php c:/cacti_web_root/cacti/poller.php

(I replaced the cacti_web_root with the correct path)

I dont get the expected message and instead I get the following:

Warning: array_merge(): Argument #2 is not an array in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\cacti\poller.php on line 61

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Apache2.2\htdocs\cacti\poller.php on line 120
10/22/2006 07:45:00 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:0.0454 Method:cmd.php Processes:1 Threads:N/A Hosts:0 HostsPerProcess:0 DataSources: RRDsProcessed:0 '-' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

I am running windows with an adminsitrator user, has rights to all folders

HELP Please?!?

[BSOD2600]

1) read http://forums.cacti.net/viewtopic.php?t=11747

2) cacti does not like spaces in the paths. This is why it suggests you install into C:\apache2\. You can try to use the 8.3 folder paths instead, if you like.

[doqb]

Hello...

Thanks for the info... I have moved my apache server 2.2.3 to c:\apache and restarted.

Now when executing the poller.php file I can see the following:

C:\>c:\php\php.exe c:\apache\htdocs\cacti\poller.php
10/23/2006 03:50:00 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] DEBUG: About to Spawn a Remote Process [CMD: c:/php/php.exe, ARGS: -q c:/apache/htdocs/cacti/cmd.php 0 4]
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.
Waiting on 1/1 pollers.

I the cacti.log file I can see the following logs when I run this command:

10/23/2006 04:00:29 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!!!
10/23/2006 04:00:29 PM - POLLER: Poller[0] DEBUG: About to Spawn a Remote Process [CMD: c:/php/php.exe, ARGS: -q c:/apache/htdocs/cacti/cmd.php 0 4]


weird....

[BSOD2600]

Did you add the PHP system variable to your path?

Make sure you only have one php.ini file on your system. Also, did you start from php.ini.dist or php.ini.recommended?

Lastly, lets make sure cacti settings are correct. From the command prompt, type:

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mysql -u root cacti
select * from settings;

and paste the formatted output.

[doqb]

Hello...

All PHP variables were added to he windows system.

I used the php.ini file (attached)...

Here is the output you requested:

mysql> select * from settings;
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| name | value |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| path_webroot | c:/apache/htdocs/cacti |
| date | 2006-10-23 15:58:34 |
| path_rrdtool | c:/rrdtool/rrdtool.exe |
| path_php_binary | c:/php/php.exe |
| path_snmpwalk | c:/net-snmp/bin/snmpwalk.exe |
| path_snmpget | c:/net-snmp/bin/snmpget.exe |
| path_snmpbulkwalk | c:/net-snmp/bin/snmpbulkwalk.exe |
| path_snmpgetnext | c:/net-snmp/bin/snmpgetnext.exe |
| path_cactilog | C:/apache/htdocs/cacti/log/cacti.log |
| rrdtool_version | rrd-1.2.x |
| log_destination | 1 |
| log_snmp | on |
| log_graph | on |
| log_export | on |
| log_verbosity | 2 |
| log_pstats | on |
| log_pwarn | on |
| log_perror | on |
| snmp_version | net-snmp |
| snmp_ver | 1 |
| snmp_community | public |
| snmp_username | |
| snmp_password | |
| snmp_timeout | 500 |
| snmp_port | 161 |
| snmp_retries | 3 |
| remove_verification | on |
| poller_enabled | on |
| poller_type | 1 |
| concurrent_processes | 2 |
| max_threads | 1 |
| php_servers | 1 |
| script_timeout | 25 |
| max_get_size | 10 |
| availability_method | 1 |
| ping_method | 2 |
| ping_timeout | 400 |
| ping_retries | 1 |
| ping_failure_count | 2 |
| ping_recovery_count | 3 |
| path_rrdtool_default_font | |
| path_cactid | c:/cacti/cactid.exe |
| num_rows_graph | 30 |
| max_title_graph | 80 |
| max_data_query_field_length | 15 |
| max_data_query_javascript_rows | 96 |
| num_rows_data_source | 30 |
| max_title_data_source | 45 |
| num_rows_device | 30 |
| num_rows_log | 50 |
| log_refresh_interval | 20 |
| title_size | 12 |
| title_font | |
| legend_size | 10 |
| legend_font | |
| axis_size | 8 |
| axis_font | |
| unit_size | 8 |
| unit_font | |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
59 rows in set (0.01 sec)

[doqb]

sorry...seems like attachments dont work...

to complete the information you requested, I am using php.ini-dist (which is renamed to php.ini of course).

[doqb]

Hello....

Here is my little contribution....I found the following in cmd.php file...

/* PHP Bug. Not yet submitted */
if ($config["cacti_server_os"] == "win32") {
$guess = substr(__FILE__,0,2);
if ($guess == strtoupper($guess)) {
$response = "ERROR: The PHP Script: CMD.PHP Must be started using the full path to the file and in lower case. This is a PHP Bug!!!";
print "\n";
cacti_log($response,true);
exit(-1);
}
}

for some reason, the variable $guess was having the value "C:" in upper case.

so I added the following:

$guess = strtolower($guess);

After that, when I run: php.exe c:\apache\htdocs\cacti\poller.php

I get the following (which looks ok)

OK u:0.01 s:0.01 r:2.88
10/23/2006 07:46:28 PM - SYSTEM STATS: Time:5.2522 Method:cmd.php Processes:2 Th
reads:N/A Hosts:2 HostsPerProcess:1 DataSources:1 RRDsProcessed:1

Please let me know if this fix is fine or will have more problems....

Thanks.

[BSOD2600]

Hmm, interesting. One of the devs should look at this and comment, since you really shouldn't have needed to change that.

[tymbow]

Hmm, interesting. One of the devs should look at this and comment, since you really shouldn't have needed to change that.

I can confirm this. I was doing some tests using PHP 5.2.0 and I have the same error message from the cmd.php poller. The test system was PHP 5.1.6 and all was OK until the upgrade of PHP (which was the only change). I also did the little test with the $guess variable and noted that with PHP 5.2.0 it is indeed upper case (in my case D:) however with the previous PHP 5.1.6 version it was lower case (in my case d:).

[TheWitness]

Looks like they fixed the bug. But, since we have to support multiple versions of PHP, I am reluctant to make changes at this point. BSOD, if you have time to perform the forensic's, I can make the changes to the poller code to reflect the correct versions and bypass this warning in those cases.

TheWitness

[TheWitness]

Oh, I am pretty sure this is script server related... My dog ate my notes...

TheWitness

[BSOD2600]

Interesting. Well yay for them for finally fixing it... now it's up to the Cacti devs to write a patch .

The only thing I could find that possible affected the change for __FILE__ is actually in the PHP 5.1.3 changelog, bug 36809. Besides from that, nothing else in the 5.2.0 changelog stood out that'd affect the change. Anyone feel free to browse the PHP CVS looking for changes that affect __FILE__ .

[papalemon]

Hi
I just want to know where do i add the

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$guess = strtolower($guess);

just abit confused =X Everything else is working fine it seemed I'm at step 6 of the installation guide... which is discribed in the first post. sorry if i really overlooked the part where it tells me where i place the code.

[BSOD2600]

Don't bother with that hack anymore. Read the installation guide in my signature. There is a FAQ in there which addresses this problem and the fix.

[tom696]

i already install cacti..but cacti didn't show any graph..

i have follow step by step to used this cacti but i always have get problem..

this the link that i follow to used cacti....
http://bsod2600.home.comcast.net/~bsod2 ... s.html#FAQ