[asterisk-users] Using PHP to reload extensions

[Philipp Kempgen]

Michael Munger wrote:

> I am trying to use PHP to reload the extensions in an Asterisk
> installation. I keep getting this error:
> 
> Unable to connect to remote asterisk (does /var/run/asterisk.ctl exist?)
> when I run the script by visiting the URL; however, if I run the script
> from the command line, it runs just fine (works perfect, actually).
> 
> I think it is permissions related. Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> <php
>         $output = shell_exec('asterisk -rx"extensions reload"');
>         echo $output;
> ?>

I guess your web server does not run as root and thus is not
allowed to invoke asterisk. (Try
echo shell_exec('id');
or
echo get_current_user();
in PHP.)

A possible solution (although not nice): Add
www-data  ALL=(ALL)   NOPASSWD: ALL
to /etc/sudoers (depending on your distribution etc. the Apache user
might be www-data / apache / ...) and in the PHP script run
shell_exec('sudo asterisk -rx "extensions reload"');


Regards,
  Philipp Kempgen

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