Thanks Thomas, you are correct - I was actually not specifying any symbol set at all :
For reasons I can't begin to work out, most of the map file is being written, but the symbol and font lines are failing : $blumap=new MapObj('',$mapserver_path); $blumap->set('debug','MS_ON'); $blumap->setprojection('proj=latlong,ellps=WGS84,datum=WGS84',MS_TRUE); $blumap->set('units',MS_DD); $blumap->imagecolor->setRGB($sea_bgc[0],$sea_bgc[1],$sea_bgc[2]); $blumap->setExtent(110, -45, 160, -10); $blumap->setSymbolSet('/usr/local/www/apache22/data/nahis/mapserver/symbols/standard.symbols'); $blumap->setFontSet($mapserver_path.'fonts/standard.fonts'); $blumap->outputformat->set('name', 'png'); $blumap->outputformat->set('driver', 'agg/png'); … is giving me : MAP EXTENT 110 -45 160 -10 IMAGECOLOR 230 252 255 IMAGETYPE "png" NAME "MS" SIZE 600 600 STATUS ON UNITS DD OUTPUTFORMAT NAME "png" MIMETYPE "image/png" DRIVER "agg/png" … Why might the setsymbol and setfont lines be failing to produce mapfile output - but the rest are working fine? Noting that the path in the command is used in other static map files and is working when it is in the file. If I copy and paste this path into the map file generated by PHP, I get my desired result… cheers Ben On 06/07/2012, at 7:42 PM, thomas bonfort wrote: > c.f. > http://osgeo-org.1560.n6.nabble.com/msLoadMSRasterBufferFromFile-General-error-message-unable-to-open-file-tc4984932.html > > -- > thomas > > On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Ben Madin > <li...@remoteinformation.com.au> wrote: >> G'day all, >> >> I'm not sure if this is two problems, or the second problem is a result of >> the first. The second problem is that I have a mapfile with multiple >> sections that look like : >> >> CLASS >> NAME "Sentinel Positive" >> EXPRESSION "SentPos" >> STYLE >> ANGLE 0 >> COLOR 220 20 40 >> OFFSET 0 0 >> SIZE 8 >> SYMBOL "circle" >> END # STYLE >> END # CLASS >> >> >> where symbol is : >> >> SYMBOL # 1 >> NAME 'circle' >> TYPE ELLIPSE >> POINTS 1 1 END >> FILLED TRUE >> END >> >> >> and when I try to open it, I get : >> >> # shp2img -m nampa4f2267cb1afaed507c167efa264946dBLU.map -o test.png >> msDrawMap(): Image handling error. Failed to draw layer named 'BLU'. <br> >> msLoadMSRasterBufferFromFile(): General error message. unable to open file >> /usr/local/www/apache22/data/system/mapserver/maps/tmpmapfiles/./circle for >> reading <br> >> >> >> I know that SYMBOL can be a name (in the symbol file) or a filename, but >> clearly it is getting confused. >> >> The first problem is that this file is one of several that is meant to be >> generated by a looping structure in php-mapscript, and I am getting : >> >> [Fri Jul 06 18:08:13 2012] [notice] child pid 74615 exit signal Abort trap >> (6) >> Assertion failed: (pixmap->type == MS_BUFFER_BYTE_RGBA), function >> agg2RenderPixmapSymbol, file mapagg.cpp, line 464. >> [Fri Jul 06 18:08:57 2012] [notice] child pid 74300 exit signal Abort trap >> (6) >> >> >> errors when I try to build the layers (this is the only one that builds). >> I'm a little short on ideas as to where to go next. >> >> this is : >> >> MapServer version 6.0.3 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG SUPPORTS=PROJ >> SUPPORTS=AGG SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=ICONV SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER >> SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=GEOS >> INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE >> >> Server version: Apache/2.2.22 (FreeBSD) >> >> PHP 5.4.4 (cli) (built: Jun 20 2012 07:13:50) >> >> FreeBSD FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p4 amd64 >> >> >> cheers >> >> Ben >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mapserver-users mailing list >> mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list mapserver-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users