Module: External Phorummail

Trying to get External Phorummail module to work but I keep getting this message from the cron job:

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X-Powered-By: PHP/5.2.17
Set-Cookie: phorum_session_st=deleted; expires=Mon, 13-Dec-2010 15:10:00 GMT; path=/
Set-Cookie: phorum_session_v5=deleted; expires=Mon, 13-Dec-2010 15:10:00 GMT; path=/
Content-type: text/html

This script cannot be run from a web browser.

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According to the hosting service support people the CLI php path for php is /usr/bin/php. My cron command is:

cd /home/mydomain/public_html/forum && /usr/bin/php ./script.php --scheduled

Is it possible that there is something besides the wrong php version that throws this error? I am using phorum 5.2.18 and External Phorummail Version : 2.1.5

Its probably a CGI version of php running there, not the CLI sapi. Othewise you wouldn't see the headers.

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Thomas Seifert

So no hope then for external phorum mail.

Try changing /usr/bin/php to /usr/local/bin/php – worked with my hosting provider.

I would just go back to your host and ask them for the real CLI version of php. Otherwise its hacking. You could hack script.php to avoid the check for the cli version in the worst case.

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Thomas Seifert

I think they don't have CLI installed. phpinfo does not show it was compiled with the cli extension.

John, thanks but I started with that path and got the same message.

Thomas, what would the downside be of hacking out the cli version check?

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dholeman
I think they don't have CLI installed. phpinfo does not show it was compiled with the cli extension.

Its a separate SAPI. AFAIK you wouldn't see it in the phpinfo output if its run through a separate SAPI/interface.

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dholeman
Thomas, what would the downside be of hacking out the cli version check?

That everyone could run script.php-commands through the web and its not secured anymore.

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Thomas Seifert

Thanks Thomas. I think I'll just keep fighting with the hosting company to get cli going or find out where it is.

I got the CLI version of php working with

/usr/bin/php-cli /home/mysite/public_html/forum/script.php --scheduled

you need to use php-cli not just php which invokes the cgi version.

Now I'm trying to get the module working but I don't understand how to pass emails out of phorum so the user can respond.

I think I could use the mailing list module but I don't want to go to a listserve, I just want subscribers to the thread to get the message by email and be able to respond to it from their email. Can I use the phorum subscriptions module to do this?

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dholeman
Can I use the phorum subscriptions module to do this?

Maybe but I've got no experience with it and I can't support it.

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Thomas Seifert