The reason for the -q is because some systems incorrectly use php-cgi (either directly or indirectly, e.g., by symlink).

In zend emulation mode, hhvm will ignore unknown options. There are two ways to get into zend emulation mode, either:

• rename/symlink hhvm to php, or
• invoke hhvm with the --php option

Perhaps change CliMulti.php's findBinary method to use something like:

    private function findPhpBinary()
    {
        if (defined('PHP_BINARY')) {
            if (false === strpos(PHP_BINARY, 'fpm')) {
                if (false === strpos(PHP_BINARY, 'hhvm')) {
                    return PHP_BINARY;
                } else {
                    return PHP_BINARY . ' --php';
                }
            }
        }
...

@voidswitch Thanks for the report!

could you please try the change suggested by Anthon, and check it works for you on HHVM without your other patch?

hi,

after vacation I changed

private function findPhpBinary()
{
    if (defined('PHP_BINARY') && false === strpos(PHP_BINARY, 'fpm')) {
        return PHP_BINARY;
    }
...

to the implementation suggested by Anthon, and undid the '-q' change. So far it works. Processlist now shows

/usr/bin/hhvm --php -q /srv/nginx/piwik/console climulti:request ....

Edit:
Thank you. More Reports will come, as we plan to use hhvm for the UI. Currently it works fast, but not flawless.

WE will look forward to your feedback, and hopefully make Piwik work well with HHVM for all users :-)

This ticket is a "sub-task" of #4415 Test if Piwik runs with HipHop Virtual Machine

In 662c8c4: Fixes #5263 use HHVM binary with --php. Archive may now be compatible with HHVM.

If you still have any issue please comment in the ticket!

I am still getting issues with running the archive using the console, removing the -q from the sprintf in CliMulti.php fixes this. It might be useful to have the same checks for HHVM as in CliPhp.php in CliMulti.php for sanity.

# hhvm --version
HipHop VM 3.1.0 (rel)
Compiler: tags/HHVM-3.1.0-0-g71ecbd8fb5e94b2a008387a2b5e9a8df5c6f5c7b
Repo schema: 88ae0db264d72ec2e2eb22ab25d717214aee568b

Piwik 2.4.0

I made small edits to core/CliMulti.php and core/CliMulti/CliPhp.php:

• removed -q from line 109 in core/CliMulti.php

return sprintf('%s %s/console climulti:request --piwik-domain=%s %s > %s 2>&1 &',

• added . '-q' to line 22 in core/CliMulti/CliPhp.php

return PHP_BINARY . '-q';

This edit retains backwards compatibility previously used with PHP while allowing HHVM compatibility when -q is not supported.