Executing php scripts in qmail files

[s0crates9]

I am trying to find out how to get a hp script to run on incoming email.

I tried creating a file in /var/qmail/alias/ called ".qmail-emailaddress" which had in it: "|/dir/to/script/script.php".

I also tried to experienment sake, to create a user based alias file with the same name and entry.

So I tried actually testing the script by issuing a mail command in linux and, the email was delivered but did not activate the script. I am wondering if there is anything I am missing or doing improperly.

I made sure to also setup the script with permissions (755), and ensured that it had the php binary execution line (#!/usr/bin/php).

To no avail.

Thanks for any help with this!

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[thedaver]

You're right in your approach to qmail, wrong in running php from command line.

You do NOT insert the #!/usr/bin/php at the head of the script.

You NEED to include the actual php binary as part of the command.

Let's say that the binary 'php' is in my path, I can run the script 'hello.php' from command line as

"php hello.php"

If 'php' binary were not in the command line, I'd run it as

"/usr/local/bin/php hello.php"

and so on....

Your example in .qmail-emailaddress does not show the binary in your code. It should work properly if you do so.

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[s0crates9]

Thanks thedaver.

I tried the suggestion and it is not working still. I would like to diagnose what the issue is...

This is what I have done-
I have run a commmand line like:

dhue-2833.3# echo "Test input" |/usr/local/bin/php /home/user/script.php

and this script works. I put into the script a "logging" function which just outputs a file that holds the input captured by the script.

However, when I try to issue:

dhue-2833.3# mail user-email@domain.com
Subject: Test Subject
Test message
.
EOT

the file is not created which means that the script was not run.

My question is: How do I go about finding out where the bottleneck is or why this script doesn't run when it is supposed to.

Thanks!

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[s0crates9]

Thanks for the direction, I did however figure it out. I was placing the .qmail file into the wrong user directory, it should have been in the vpopmail directories!

Now I have another related issue which is getting the data into mysql. when I run php functions for mysql, they don't execute and when I do:

cat current

in the /usr/log/qmail directory, there are issues related to mysql_connect etc.

My question is, if the libraries are inaccessible for mysql, how do I get the data into a db?

I though about sending the data to a webpage (where apache and the php api can connect to mysql), but that seemed a bit like to much work. I would rather keep things simple.

Thanks for any help in this matter.

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