bcmath check failed

[mrmurdock]

I have the new Zabbix 1.6.5 stuff im working on.
Now that I can at least get to the openening web page of the Zabbix server to start the checks, it fails on the "PHP with BC math support".

I have recompiled my php with the bcmath enabled as shown below.

php:>./configure --enable-bcmath --with-mysql
php:> (configures with no issue)
php:>make
php:>(makes with no issues)
php:>make install
php:>(installs with no issues)

at end it says add /usr/local/lib to the Path statement in your php.ini file.
the only PATH statement for php.ini is the following.
safe_mode_protected_env_vars = LD_LIBRARY_PATH

Do I put the /usr/local/lib in my zabbix server user enviroment or in roots, or where? Or is it another issue all together?

[richlv]

any reason why you are compiling php from sources ? that's something you should do if you have a specific need and/or really know what you are doing.
most distributions offer php packages, which would be a much easier approach.

[mrmurdock]

Well you are correct, however, when I was using the default PHP packages with RH enterprise 5 server, it gave the bcmath check failed message during the setup.php interface.
Not sure why I had to go through the browser to setup the server, but that is what comes up when i http to the physical zabbix server box.
If you know how the setup.php is checking for the bcmath support, i could run it on the command line to see what its really checking for and maybe re-set a path or something. Thanks.

[Aly]

FrontEnd checks if needed functions (bcmath) are available in PHP.

[richlv]

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Not sure why I had to go through the browser to setup the server, but that is what comes up when i http to the physical zabbix server box.

you don't. that process is for setting up the frontend.

as for bcmath support, look for a package like php5-bcmath or similar and install that. make sure apache is restarted after installing this package.

[mrmurdock]

Thank yoiu everyone for your support.
Yesterday about 2pm MST, I figured out that there was a PHP-BCmath rpm that needed to be installed and not compiled into PHP on the command line. I have a write up on installation if anyone would be interested for Red Hat Linux 5 Enterprise Server.

[richlv]

you might want to look at http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/howto/ins.../centosinstall