[Nagiosplug-devel] PluginHelp: php scripts give "Status: 404"

[Andreas Ericsson]

Karim Vaes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to write some additional scripts for nagios.  The thing is
> that my own coding skills are limited to php.  So I've written a few
> scripts that do what their supposed to do from commandline, yet when I
> configure them in nagios, I get a "Status: 404" in the status
> information.
> 
> I did some research and found out that it's got something to do with
> the link between going from CGI to php.  Does anyone have any experience
> with this, and could you give me some pointers on how I can get my php
> scripts working?
> 

Try /usr/bin/php -q, which will cause it not to print http and html headers.
The CLI version of PHP also supports hashbang lines, so you can add it there
#!/usr/bin/php -q
<?php
script(doing, cool, things);
?>

> Thanks in advance
> 

Cheers.

> Karim Vaes
> Sys Admin Vangenechten Group
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Config (file path's are correct)
> # 'check_esx' command definition
> define command {
> 	command_name	check_esx
> 	command_line	/usr/bin/php
> /usr/local/nagios/libexec/esx/esx.php $HOSTADDRESS$ $ARG1$ $ARG2$
> $ARG3$
> 	}
> 
> 
> 
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