PHP PhantomJS doesn't work on web server

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Have the next problem: installed php phantomjs on MAMP. Made all using instructions from here: enter link description here

Everything is ok... Then i copied all my site files to my web hosting site folder and nothing worked. Made a var_dump of response and saw that:

object(JonnyW\PhantomJs\Http\Response)#156 (8) { ["headers"]=> NULL ["status"]=> NULL ["content"]=> NULL ["contentType"]=> NULL ["url"]=> NULL ["redirectURL"]=> NULL ["time"]=> NULL ["console"]=> NULL }

Why it doesn't work, why all is NULL? My code is:

require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';

use JonnyW\PhantomJs\Client;

$client = Client::getInstance();

$request = $client->getMessageFactory()->createRequest('http://jonnyw.me', 'GET');

$response = $client->getMessageFactory()->createResponse();

var_dump($response);

$client->send($request, $response);


echo $response->getContent();

Can you login to your server via SSH? – Vaviloff Feb 12 '16 at 17:46 — Vaviloff, Feb 12 '16 at 17:46

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '16 at 16:24

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The most likley things is if it's shared hosting, they will more than probably not allow you to execute arbitrary executables... i.e. the executable in ~/bin/phantomjs

To execute non-standard i.e. user installed stuff, you'll need a VPS or Dedicated server.

answered Feb 12 '16 at 16:24

Brian

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thanx, and is any solution of this problem? – Artyom Sosonko Feb 12 '16 at 16:29
@ArtyomSosonko Yes, buy a VPS from one of many hosting providers: https://www.digitalocean.com/ or http://flops.ru – Vaviloff Feb 12 '16 at 17:45
I've got a VPS but my problem persist. What configuration I'm missing? – Guille Acosta Mar 10 '16 at 18:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '16 at 18:25

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Problem was about executable downloaded by composer, so following issue #86 I put this on my code:

$client->getEngine()->setPath('/usr/bin/phantomjs');

So now I'm using default binaries and works great.

answered Mar 10 '16 at 18:25

Guille Acosta

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PHP PhantomJS doesn't work on web server

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