Configuration problems with PHP

[davidcr1983]

Hello!

I am new with PHP and I am trying to test a simple example of PHP client. I use Debian etch/sid, Apache 2.0, PHP 5.1.4-0.1, and Ice 3.1.0 (using Debian Sid repositories).

I specify the following line in the /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini:

ice.slice=/var/www/test.ice

but when I try to test the simple example (using a web browser), I obtain the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function Ice_loadProfile() in /var/www/test.php on line 12

I have studied the examples included in the IcePHP distribution, but I have not found any difference.

Thank you,
David.

[mes]

Hi,

The error message indicates that the Ice extension for PHP has not been loaded. Examine your php.ini file to determine the extension directory (defined by the extension_dir directive) and copy icephp.so into that directory. Then you'll need to add the following line to php.ini:

extension = icephp.so

Hope that helps,
- Mark

[davidcr1983]

Hello,

I installed the Debian package php-zeroc-ice (using the repositories of Debian Sid), but I can't find the icephp.so file in /usr/lib. However, in the /usr/lib/php5/20051025/ directory there is a ice.so file, but it doesn't work if I use it to load the Ice extension for PHP (the Apache2 web server doesn't start).

Some idea?

Thank you,
David.

[marc]

I'm afraid you'll have to ask this question the Debian Ice maintainer. The Debian port is not from ZeroC. See http://packages.debian.org/unstable/devel/zeroc-ice.

[davidcr1983]

Hello again!

I have solved the problem with the Ice extension for PHP, but I have a simple question. Where can I find an example of a PHP script in which I establish a connection with Glacier? Here is the code I have to port using Python:

router = Glacier2.RouterPrx.checkedCast(self.communicator() .getDefaultRouter())
session = router.createSession('user', 'password')

Regards,
David.

[mes]

Hi,

To access Glacier2 from a PHP script, you'll need to define the Ice.Default.Router property in your IcePHP configuration. You'll also need to load the Glacier2 Slice files. In your script, you can do the following:

$prop = $ICE->getProperty("Ice.Default.Router");
$router = $ICE->stringToProxy($prop)->ice_checkedCast("::Glacier2::Router");
$session = $router->createSession(...);

Hope that helps,
- Mark

[davidcr1983]

Sorry for being so insistent, but I can't load the Glacier2 Slice files I need. My php.ini file is the following:

ice.config=/var/www/masyro/agent.cfg
ice.slice=-I/usr/share/slice/Glacier2/Router.ice /var/www/masyro/MASYRO.ice

extension_dir = "/usr/lib/php5/20051025"
extension = ice.so

Apache2 starts correctly (it doesn't show any error in its log file), but when this code is executed

$prop = $ICE->getProperty("Ice.Default.Router");
$router = $ICE->stringToProxy($prop)->ice_checkedCast("::Glacier2::Router");
$session = $router->createSession("user", "password");

I obtain the following error:

no Slice definition found for type ::Glacier2::Router in /var/www/masyro/agentes.php on line 15

I have found a similar example with IcePack, but my example doesn't work by following the same steps. I use Debian etch/sid, Ice 3.1.0, PHP 5, and Apache2.

Thank you again,
David.

[mes]

You need to do something like this:

ice.slice=-I/usr/share/slice /usr/share/slice/Glacier2/Router.ice /var/www/masyro/MASYRO.ice

Take care,
- Mark