Thread: [Php-java-bridge-users] php-cgi error on bridge startup: please check if php-cgi is in the path.

Hi there,

I ran this command from the terminal to test the php-java bridge installation:

java -classpath JavaBridge.war TestInstallation

I got the following information followed by an error:

Starting a simple servlet engine: [/home/java/jre/bin/java, -jar, /home/tomcat/webapps/ext/JavaBridge.jar, SERVLET_LOCAL:8081]
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : VM                  : 1.6.0@http://www.ibm.com/
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : VMBridge version             : 5.4.2
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : logFile             :
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : default logLevel    : 3
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : socket              : SERVLET_LOCAL:8081
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : java.ext.dirs       : /home/java/jre/lib/ext
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : php.java.bridge.base: /root
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : thread pool size    : 20
Jan 07 16:48:41 VMBridge INFO : JavaBridgeRunner started on port INET_LOCAL:8081
Invoking php: [php-cgi, -n, -d, allow_url_include=On, /home/tomcat/webapps/test.php]
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not run PHP ([php-cgi, -n, -d, allow_url_include=On, /home/tomcat/webapps/test.php]), please check if php-cgi is in the path.
        at TestInstallation.start(TestInstallation.java:327)
        at TestInstallation.main(TestInstallation.java:251)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "php-cgi": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
        at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:470)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:604)
        at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:520)
        at TestInstallation.start(TestInstallation.java:325)
        ... 1 more
Caused by: java.io.IOException: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
        at java.lang.UNIXProcess.<init>(UNIXProcess.java:197)
        at java.lang.ProcessImpl.start(ProcessImpl.java:101)
        at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:463)
        ... 4 more

However, within my Tomcat webapps folder some new files were created after I did the above. An ext/ directory containing jar files, a result.html file and a log file were created. 

Does the error indicate that the path to the php-cgi binary is not set? If so, how can I correct this?

And my Tomcat installation uses port 8080, so why does it say the bridge starts on 8081?

Kind regards 

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Hi,

> java -classpath JavaBridge.war TestInstallation
> java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not run PHP ([php-cgi,

Please install PHP properly. A php-cgi is an integral part of a PHP installation.

The above message means that the bridge functionality could not be checked. The bridge may or may not run on your operating system. (In 99% of all cases it will run without problems, it's just that we could not verify this because PHP is not installed).


> However, within my Tomcat webapps folder some new files

Why do you deploy the bridge before or while testing it? Please re-read the INSTALL.J2EE document.


> And my Tomcat installation uses port 8080, so why does it
> say the bridge starts on 8081?

The test uses port 8081 because there's another server already listening on 8080.


Regards,
Jost Boekemeier