<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Testing Your Script in the Script Server</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.79"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="The Cacti Manual" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="PHP Script Server" HREF="php_script_server.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Migration of Existing PHP Scripts to Script Server" HREF="migration_php_scripts_to_script_server.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Spine" HREF="using_spine.html"><LINK REL="STYLESHEET" TYPE="text/css" HREF="manual.css"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >The Cacti Manual</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="migration_php_scripts_to_script_server.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 14. PHP Script Server</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="using_spine.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="TESTING_SCRIPT_IN_SCRIPT_SERVER" >Testing Your Script in the Script Server</A ></H1 ><P > To test your script in the script server, simply follow the instructions below. When you have finished you testing, simply type "quit" <cr< at the Script Server command line to exit the script server. </P ><P ></P ><OL TYPE="1" ><LI ><P > Start the script server - You can do this by typing the following command: </P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><SAMP CLASS="PROMPT" >shell></SAMP > <KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >php <path_cacti>/script_server.php</KBD ></PRE ><P > <B CLASS="EMPHASIS" >NOTE</B >: Due to a bug in Windows implementation of PHP, you must type the full path name to the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >script_server.php</TT > file. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > Type in your command - Using the example from above, you would type in the following: </P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><SAMP CLASS="PROMPT" >script server></SAMP > <KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" ><path_myfunction> my_function argument1 argument2 ...</KBD ></PRE ><P > In the Windows environment, your example could be the following: </P ><PRE CLASS="SCREEN" ><SAMP CLASS="PROMPT" >script server></SAMP > <KBD CLASS="USERINPUT" >c:\wwwroot\cacti\scripts\ss_myfunction.php ss_myfunction localhost public 1 get duddle</KBD ></PRE ></LI ><LI ><P > If your function is operating properly, you should get a result. </P ></LI ><LI ><P > To quit the script server, simply type "quit" <cr> at the command line. </P ></LI ></OL ><P > <B CLASS="EMPHASIS" >NOTE</B >: If there are errors in your script, you must restart the script server before your retest your code. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="migration_php_scripts_to_script_server.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="using_spine.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Migration of Existing PHP Scripts to Script Server</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="php_script_server.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><SPAN CLASS="APPLICATION" >Spine</SPAN ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >