Question
PHP errors & notices when executing a file from CLI
- Posted on July 5, 2016
- PHPLEMPUbuntu
Asked by Lex Gabrees
Hi,
After installing a PHP script (CPVlab) I am trying to set up a cronjob that executes a PHP script every day. The script is executed like this : php5 /var/www/htdocs/cron-wurfl.php
After testing this line from the command line, I got the following output :(if it needs t
PHP Warning: visualStylesCheckCall(license/license.php): failed to open stream:
No such file or directory in /var/www/htdocs/lib/app.inc on line 0
PHP Fatal error: visualStylesCheckCall(): Failed opening required 'license/license.php'
(include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /var/www/htdocs/lib/app.inc on line 0
I was able to reduce these error messages by playing with the permission scheme (adding myself to the www-data group). However, that didn’t solve it all, as now, when I run : php5 /var/www/htdocs/cron-wurfl.php , I get the output below :
PHP Notice: Undefined index: SERVER_NAME in /var/www/htdocs/lib/app.inc on line 0
PHP Notice: Undefined index: REQUEST_URI in /var/www/htdocs/lib/app.inc on line 0
Could this still have to do with the permission scheme I am using ? I have myself as the owner of the htdocs directory, while it is also owned by the group of www-data. Myself as well as www-data (the user) are part of this group.
Anyone know how to solve it ?
Thanks, Lex
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This does not have to do with permissions. The script you are attempting to run was not written to be run from the command line and is relying on environment variables that are passed to it by the web server. Since the scripts are not being run by the web server process these values are not set. I would recommend editing the PHP code itself to hard-code these variables or adapt the script to read them from the command line.