> then the backtick operator will not behave identically anymore. Am I correct?
yeah kindof-correct, the backtick operator would then behave identically to giving shell_exec() only 1 argument, or null as the 2nd argument (btw i'm the guy that made the linked bugs.php.net feature request) while we're on the topic of shell_exec(), does anyone happen to know why shell_exec() pipes in *text mode*/binary-corruption-mode on windows? On Thu, 18 Nov 2021 at 09:19, Kamil Tekiela <tekiela...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Luca, > > How will this change be reflected in its alias, the backtick operator? If > the plan is to change the signature of shell_exec() then the backtick > operator will not behave identically anymore. Am I correct? > > Regards, > Kamil >