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 Topic: Windows Server 2008: Apache won't restart! |
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navbeacon
Joined: 17 Jan 2008
Posts: 4
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 Posted: Thu 17 Jan '08 18:49 Post subject: Windows Server 2008: Apache won't restart! |
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Hi, I have this headache with getting apache to gracefully restart.
I have a php script which runs a .bat file thorugh system('c:/restart.bat');.
Restart.bat contains:
| Code: | @echo off
c:/apache/bin/httpd.exe -k restart |
However, running this script returns 0, and the error log tells me this:
| Code: | | httpd.exe: illegal option -- k |
It says "Illegal option -- k"? I don't get it.
When I run the script from windows, it works like a charm.
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA
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| Posted: Thu 17 Jan '08 21:43 Post subject: |
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well .. obviously there is a double dash in the script. Check to make sure
-k yes
--k no |
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navbeacon
Joined: 17 Jan 2008
Posts: 4
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| Posted: Thu 17 Jan '08 21:59 Post subject: |
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| Nope, that wasn't the problem. As you can see the command prompt only contain one dash. |
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tdonovan
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Joined: 17 Dec 2005
Posts: 611
Location: Milford, MA, USA
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All the Apache "-k" options will not work from within a process which is running Apache.
If you run this PHP page, and scroll down to the Environment section, you will see an environment variable named AP_PARENT_PID:
This environment variable tells Apache it is running in this process and blocks all the "-k" switches. Unfortunately, you cannot unset this variable with the PHP putenv or unset functions. Trying to unset it in the .bat file won't work either.
One possible workaround is to run PHP using mod_fcgid. This will run PHP in a separate process, which won't have AP_PARENT_PID. If you are running Apache 2.2 from Apache Lounge, there is a version of mod_fcgid on the downloads page.
-tom- |
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