This is a PHP script that parses the Nagios status.dat file into an array, and then outputs that array as XML. There is also a PHP module written in C to do the same task, and based on the same code.

Note - While it seems that quite a few people are using this, XML really is an awful, 1990s technology. I also have not tested this with Nagios3, or really with any Nagios version that came out in the past six years. If you've found this, I would highly recommend one of the following alternatives:

• nagios-api provides a read/write ReST API for Nagios. It can be made read-only, in which case it just provides a ReST API to status.dat.
• Icinga, a fork of Nagios, provides a modern REST API built-in. It's also actively developed in the open, and welcomes community contributions, unlike Nagios.
• Christian Lizell's statusJson.php does more or less the same thing as this script (I've not tested it), but returns nice, happy JSON output instead of ugly XML.

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 3 with the ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS (Article 7, terms b) and c)) that existing copyright notices and author attributions must be left intact, and that any modifications must be clearly noted in the CHANGELOG portion of the corresponding file.

Furthermore, it is politely requested (but not required) that any modifications be sent back to the original author for inclusion in the latest version of the code.

statusXML.php.inc - the include file. This is just made up of functions that do all of the heavy lifting.

statusXML.php - a script that shows how to make use of the functions in statusXML.php.inc to output XML. You may as well replicate this simple logic in your program.

statusXML-krzywanski.php - Artur Krzywański's patch to allow selection of what keys you want returned. This is currently included as a separate file because it is based off of SVN revision 4, which supports Nagios2 only. When I have time, I should merge it into the current version.

php_module/ - This code rewritten in C as a PHP module for high performance. Generously coded by Whitham D. Reeve II of General Communication, Inc. http://www.gci.com. Also currently only supports Nagios2.

The current canonical source of the newest version of this project is GitHub, specifically https://github.com/jantman/php-nagios-xml. Prior to March 2013, the canonical source of this project was via SVN at http://svn.jasonantman.com/nagios-xml/ or via the ViewVC web interface at http://viewvc.jasonantman.com/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/nagios-xml/. Going forward, the only online source will be at GitHub.

Jason Antman http://www.jasonantman.com - principal author Artur Krzywański http://www.krzywanski.net/ - patch for selection of returned keys Whitham D. Reeve II of General Communication, Inc. http://www.gci.com - PHP module

2010-08-10 (r6) jantman: - added better headers to all files, updated license

2010-02-21 (r5) jantman: - broke out functions into statusXML.php.inc, handler/XML output in statusXML.php - Added statusXML-krzywanski.php, modified version of r4 statusXML.php - Added php_module/ by Whitham D. Reeve II

2009-07-30 (r4) jantman: - initial creation and import into SVN.