Unable to create simple .php file for paper_lantern

[electric]

Hello,

I am trying to create a simple page for cpanel paper_lantern that will show a few PHP variables for the customer in their cpanel area.

I read the Tutorial to Create a New Paper Lantern Interface in PHP, but it doesn't seem to be working. It just gives an error 500 when I load the page in the cpanel.

Here is what I did:

1. Create a new file called test.php in the "/usr/local/cpanel/base/frontend/paper_lantern" folder. (File is owned by root with permissions of 644.)

2. Add this code, copied directly from the tutorial, to the the test.php file:

<?php
include("/usr/local/cpanel/php/cpanel.php");  // Instantiate the CPANEL object.
$cpanel = new CPANEL();                       // Connect to cPanel - only do this once.
print $cpanel->header( "Page Heading , app_key" );      // Add the header.
?>

<?php
print $cpanel->footer();                      // Add the footer.
$cpanel->end();                               // Disconnect from cPanel - only do this once.
?>

3. Now go to customer's cpanel, and then replace "index.html" with test.php.

I see an error 500.

Any ideas what I am doing incorrectly?

Thanks!

 

[cPanelKenneth]

Hi,

I can confirm this defect on a development build of version 68. Which version are you testing on?

The following additional information is logged to the cPanel error_log:

PHP Fatal error:  Uncaught exception 'RuntimeException' with message 'There was a problem fetching the env variablecontaining the path to the socket' in /usr/local/cpanel/php/cpanel.php:146
Stack trace:
#0 /tmp/cpanel_phpengine.1504698776.32651cZh9hkOLY3(3): CPANEL->__construct()
#1 {main}
  thrown in /usr/local/cpanel/php/cpanel.php on line 146

Update: I filed this as case CPANEL-15673.

 

[electric]

I tested this (and had the same problem) on cPanel & WHM 64.0 (build 38)

(I see the same error in the cpanel error log.)

The problem seems to occur even if you just rename the "integration_examples/example.live.php" file to anything else. As soon as the file is renamed (no edit of contents), it gives the error.

 

[cPanelKenneth]

Hello,

The documentation is incorrect. Files must be named .live.php in order to work. We will update the documentation accordingly.