ID: 22662 Updated by: [email protected] Reported By: pjaleysen at hotmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 4.3.2-RC New Comment:
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-07-09 01:17:46] bmcclory at gmail dot com Can someone tell me why the following code will not work in Windows: system("nmap $host"); Driving me nuts. It works fine on apache servers and apparantly other IIS servers. I don't know if i'm missing something in php.ini or what. Other commands can be run from system(), just not nmap. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-08-03 05:57:51] wfrench at prevailnet dot net I've had the same problem trying to use unzip.exe on XP with php 4.3.8. Got some interesting results when I tried the dos batch file wrapper approach... When I use the batch: ----------------------------- @echo hello world ----------------------------- it works like a champ. but when I change the file thusly: ----------------------------- unzip @echo hello world ----------------------------- if prints the following: --------------------------------- c:\inetpub\wwwroot\svgwork>unzip hello world --------------------------------- Obviously it has prepended my command (unzip) with my web directory. Not so obvious perhaps is what the '>' character is doing in there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-04-28 20:00:19] clubland at gmx dot net Hi all, Platform: IIS 6.0 / Windows 2003 Server Problem: shell_exec etc `s not working Solution: check rights on %SYS32%\cmd.exe Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-06-03 17:52:16] spoon at nexdot dot net This seems very close to what im experiencing. I am using php 5.0.0-dev (updated about 2 weeks ago), but the problem has occured for me on 4.x.x versions. I use Windows XP Pro/Windows 2000 Server with my 5.0.0-dev. Apache 2 24 When i use ANY of the MANY methods for passing a system call System Shell_exec Exec `` (backtick) Passthru they all act the same (in this case, as a passthru), UNLESS with a native dos command (which i tried after reading this bug post). The functions such as the 2 exec ones and the backticks should not output anything. I do this: $string=exec/shell_exec/``; when calling something such as ping/dir/echo, or any normal dos command, they work as expected... nothing is output to the browser (or above the php header have you) unless i do an echo $string; When i try to call a program such as gzip, $string has a length of 0 (or null) and the the output from the command appears in my browser (or above PHP headers if run from command line) without echo'ing. Other special parts of each system call functions also do not work, such as exec's array output, which is null unless a native dos command. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-15 03:42:47] pjaleysen at hotmail dot com Executing Windows-based applications work alright, but not the ones running in DOS. e.g. I am using winzip now instead of pkzip.exe for dos. Because I have to use windows application, it will mke the php code less portable, since I have to use installed software ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/22662 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22662&edit=1
