Problem in forward pipes, "local delivery failed"

[zeez]

I have cPanel 11.25.0.
I am trying to forward an email address to a pipe.
I tried the following inputs into the pipe field

1. /public_html/file.php
2. /home/user/public_html/file.php
3. /usr/local/bin/php -q /home/user/public_html/file.php
4. /usr/bin/php -q /home/user/public_html/file.php

My script has #!/usr/local/bin/php -q before <?php.

file.php has chmod 764, also tried it with 755.

In all these cases, I am still receiving

pipe to |/home/user/public_html/file.php
generated by email@test.com
local delivery failed

What should I do?

[Imai]

Hello Zeez
Did you solve this problem?
Please share
Thank you

[MikeDVB]

Is there anything in the error_log file in the same folder, how about the cPanel error log?

[Imai]

Thank you Mike
I solved this issue.

It happens that I didn't have php handler defined in the filter.
Its working now

[dHex]

Thank you Mike
I solved this issue.

It happens that I didn't have php handler defined in the filter.
Its working now

@Mike, can you explain what you did a little bit more. I'm a n00b to this.

[Imai]

When adding the filter,

1. Ensure you have the php handler defined if your script is a php file.

This is what I have in the pipe to.
|/usr/bin/php -q /full/path/to/myscript.php

2. Make sure the script and the folder where it resides have permission 0755

3. The script itself also has #!/usr/bin/php at the top before the php tag openening

If you need further help, you can send me a private message

Good Luck
Imai

[dHex]

Imai, thanks for your help.

I was doing some trial and errors and i found out that my problem was with the file formatting. I'm working on windows xp machine and I'm using dreamwaver to edit my php and upload my pipe script using filezilla.

The above procedure was creating some problem with the file formatting. Somewhere i read that any space between the hashbag and <?php will create problem.

So what i did was to upload my pipe script to server without hashbag and let the server itself add it for me while setting up my email forward in cpanel. And if my script run into any error, now i use the code editor on cpanel's file manager. This was i managed to eliminate whatever makes the file incompatible for the server. my host is hostgator.

I hope this may help someone.

Demissew

[cPanelDon]

While creating the new e-mail forwarder to use a pipe I recommend referring to the following documentation for additional clarification: Forwarders - Add a Mail Forwarder - Using the Pipe to Program Option