From: phpbugs at bob7 dot com
Operating system: Windows 2000 server
PHP version: 4.3.1
PHP Bug Type: Program Execution
Bug description: Cannot call PHP from shell_exec
The following does not work. It spawns scores of processes, which
fortunately all die after 30 seconds.
<?
echo shell_exec("(path to php)/php.exe -h");
?>
I looked at the bug reports about possibly needing command.com but these
do not work either: (same result)
<?
echo shell_exec("command -c (path to php)/php.exe -h");
?>
<?
echo shell_exec("CMD /C (path to php)/php.exe -h");
?>
Why would I want to do this? To send html email using the PEAR mime mail
class, i.e.
<?
$htmlBody = shell_exec("(path to php)/php.exe mimebody.php?param1=yada");
//rest of code to send mail...
?>
I downloaded and installed the standard windows installer, and the path to
php is C:\Inetpub\PHP
I have the same problem using back ticks as well.
Thanks very much for looking at this.
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Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22926&edit=1
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Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=trysnapshot
Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=needtrace
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=notwrong
Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22926&r=gnused
