xml_api issue on database creation

[edwin67]

hi there,

I tried to make my script to work with no error but it seems it isn't so easy as I thought.

I followed all that was said at Frequently Asked Scripts: "How do I automate XYZ after creating an account?" - cPanel Integration

<?php
include('/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/x3/cake/xmlapi.php');

ini_set(display_errors,1);

        // Return the string
        return $string;
    }

## $_GET vars
    //$new_username = mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['new_user'] );
    //$new_dbname = mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['new_dbname'] );
    //$new_dbpass = mysql_real_escape_string( $_POST['new_dbpass'] );

    //$new_username = $cp_name.'_'.rand_str($lenght=7, $chars);
    //$new_dbname = $cp_name.'_'.rand_str($lenght=6, $chars);
    $new_dbpass = rand_str($lenght=5, $chars);

/**
* extend the basic xmlapi class
*  add the method for getting args
*/
Class cpScriptsXmlApi extends XMLAPI
{

  public $cliargs = array();
  ...
 }

//create our xmlapi object and set it's params
$xmlapi = new cpScriptsXmlApi($argv,'127.0.0.1');

    //your root auth hash
    $hash = '15b6b89b89d729739';
    $xmlapi->set_user('root');
    $xmlapi->set_hash($hash);
    $xmlapi->set_port('2087'); //NOTE: you must have compiled OpenSSL or cURL w/SSL to use secure ports in 
    //generic vars for automation//
    $dbname = rand_str($lenght=6, $chars); // "new database"
    $virtusername = rand_str($lenght=7, $chars); // "new user"
    $privs = array('all');

/*
$xmlapi->createUserDb($xmlapi->cliargs['user'], $dbname);
$xmlapi->createDbVirtuser($xmlapi->cliargs['user'],$virtusername, $new_dbpass);
*/
echo $xmlapi->cliargs['user'];

this is what I got:

Notice: Undefined variable: argv in /tmp/cpanel_phpengine.1299686646.31775Zw1Yt16JVc on line 151

Warning: array_shift() [function.array-shift]: The argument should be an array in /tmp/cpanel_phpengine.1299686646.31775Zw1Yt16JVc on line 100

Notice: Undefined index: user in /tmp/cpanel_phpengine.1299686646.31775Zw1Yt16JVc on line 167

thx

[cPanelDavidN]

Hi edwin67,

The code that is used in the blog post you reference is for a postwwwacct script hooks, not a PHP application running under cPanel. You can use the base xmlapi.php class in PHP applications, but they'll probably need to get their values for a form (i.e. $_POST) as opposed to $argv.

"$argv" is a special PHP variable for use with PHP scripts (i.e. CLI based PHP stuff, not applications served by a webserver). It is documented here PHP: $argv - Manual

Regards,
-DavidN