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dethreaper6 · « **on:** January 05, 2007, 05:20:13 pm »

hi, i am having trouble staring the bot. i

edited the two items in the conf folder
i set up the MySQL using the MySQL n00b help forum topic
i edited the start.php is this right:

<?
/*
* start.php - Starts and restarts the bot
*
* BeBot - An Anarchy Online Chat Automaton
* Copyright (C) 2004 Jonas Jax
*
* Developed by Blondengy (RK1)
* Special thanks goes out to Khalem (RK1) for his support.
*
* File last changed at $LastChangedDate: 2005-12-13 01:34:04 +0100 (Tue, 13 Dec 2005) $
* Revision: $Id: start.php 37 2005-12-13 00:34:04Z shadowmaster $
*/


/*
Edit the following two lines:
*/
$php_bin = "php4";
$main_php = "main.php";

/*
Configuration for Windows with bot and php.exe in the same directory
you're staring the bot from

$php_bin = "php.exe";
$main_php = "main.php";
*/

/*
Configuration for Windows with bot and php.exe different directorys

$php_bin = "C:\php\php.exe";
$main_php = "C:\BeBot\main.php";
*/

while (true)
{
 $last_line = system($php_bin . " " . $main_php);

 if (preg_match("/^The bot has been shutdown/i", $last_line))
 die();
 else
 sleep(1);
}


?>

i extracted the php package into the bot folder (one prob, i looked at the list of the things supposd to be in the bot folder, and i noticed i don't have start.bat, i instead have StartBot.bat and StartDebugBot.bat. is this a problem?)

now, im kinda stuck on the last step (Starting the bot) in the INSTALL_GUILDBOT.txt:

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Open a console (In windows press "Start" => "Run" => enter "cmd" and press
enter).

done.

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Now run the start.phpit is now opened with notepad.

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Windows: Navigate to the directory of your bot assuming you have the
php.exe in the same directory and write "php start.php".
Linux: Assuming your can run php4 from anywhere navigate to your bot
directory and write "php4 start.php" (assuming your php binary is named
"php4").

ok... where do i write php start.php?

if anybody could help that would be great! thanks

Naturalistic · « **Reply #1 on:** January 05, 2007, 05:42:32 pm »

Suppose to do: (going to the directory that you have the bot in)

php start.php

In the cmd terminal window, not in notepad.

Malosar · « **Reply #2 on:** January 05, 2007, 07:56:39 pm »

It opened in notepad because he "ran" the start.php, by double clicking it. When the instructions state to start the php, they mean follow the instructions just below it for windows or linux.

When you did start -> run then "cmd" it should open a DOS window. navigate to your bot folder (eg. cd \bebot or whatever folder) then run the bot by typing "php start.php".

dethreaper6 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 05, 2007, 08:36:59 pm »

ok, i opened the bot directory, then start -> run -> "cmd" and got the command prompt, then typed in the prompt: php start.php.

i got: 'php' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

did i do something wrong?

also, i am wondering about the StartBot.bat in the bot directory. i double-click it and a command prompt appears then dissappears in less than a second. im not sure if im supposed to have start.bat instead because the directory has no such file..

Dabaron · « **Reply #4 on:** January 06, 2007, 01:27:39 am »

Sounds like you don't have php installed on your system.

Naturalistic · « **Reply #5 on:** January 06, 2007, 01:41:01 am »

Erm, where did my post go o-o

Anyways... what it said:

Open up cmd prompt,

cd \
cd <whereever you put the bebot directory>

When inside, type "dir" to make sure you see a start.php and php.exe.

If you see that, type the php start.php

If you installed PHP to your computer, then use php4 start.php instead. (as I think the default is now php4 and not php, could be mistaken though

)

dethreaper6 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 06, 2007, 02:44:56 am »

Quote from: Dabaron on January 06, 2007, 01:27:39 am

Sounds like you don't have php installed on your system.

how would i install it? i downloaded the php bundle that was on http://bebot.link/index.php/topic,555.0.html but what do i do next? or do i have to have a real php software?

Quote from: Naturalistic on January 06, 2007, 01:41:01 am

Erm, where did my post go o-o

Anyways... what it said:

Open up cmd prompt,

cd \
cd <whereever you put the bebot directory>

When inside, type "dir" to make sure you see a start.php and php.exe.

If you see that, type the php start.php

If you installed PHP to your computer, then use php4 start.php instead. (as I think the default is now php4 and not php, could be mistaken though )

i typed "dir" and and i didnt see start.php nor php.exe. i tried to type php start.php anyway and got the same error message in my above post.
and i dont have php installed on my comp btw...