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+#!/bin/sh
+# -*- sh -*-
+#
+# Plugin to monitor the number of PHP processes on the machine.
+#
+# Copyright Khalid Baheyeldin 2009 http://2bits.com
+#
+# Parameters:
+#
+# config (required)
+# autoconf (optional - used by munin-config)
+#
+# Magick markers (optional - used by munin-config and som installation
+# scripts):
+#%# family=manual
+#%# capabilities=autoconf
+
+if [ "$1" = "autoconf" ]; then
+echo yes
+exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
+echo 'graph_title Number of php-cgi processes'
+echo 'graph_args --base 1000 -l 0 '
+echo 'graph_vlabel number of php-cgi processes'
+echo 'graph_category apache'
+echo 'graph_info This graph shows the number of php-cgi processes in the system.'
+echo 'php_processes.label php-cgi'
+echo 'php_processes.draw LINE2'
+echo 'php_processes.info The current number of php-cgi processes.'
+exit 0
+fi
+
+echo -n "php_processes.value "
+/bin/ps ax | /usr/bin/grep -i php-cgi | /usr/bin/grep -v grep | /usr/bin/wc -l | /usr/bin/sed 's/\t +//' | /usr/bin/sed 's/ *//'