From: rquadling at gmail dot com
Operating system: Windows XP SP2
PHP version: 5.1.1
PHP Bug Type: CGI related
Bug description: executing programs with spaces in program name and parameters
fails.
Description:
------------
Within windows CMD32, the following works (obviously you will need to have
a Windows system with Internet Explorer installed).
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
Will load Internet Explorer.
In PHP run from the CLI ...
<?php
$sOutput = shell_exec('"C:\Program Files\Internet
Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"');
?>
Will load Internet Explorer and wait until it is closed.
If you want to pass the program a parameter then you would wrap the
parameter with double quotes.
e.g.
>From the command line ...
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" "http://www.google.com";
Will load Internet Explorer and place you at Google.
If you try the same sort of thing in PHP ...
<?php
$sOutput = shell_exec('"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
"http://www.google.com";');
?>
You get an error of ...
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
Reproduce code:
---------------
<?php
$sOutput = shell_exec('"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE"
"http://www.google.com";');
?>
Expected result:
----------------
Internet Explorer loads with the Google page being displayed.
Actual result:
--------------
'C:\Program' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=fixedcvs
Fixed in release:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=alreadyfixed
Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=needscript
Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=oldversion
Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=globals
PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=php3
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=35961&r=mysqlcfg
