echo typically is not a program.
It is a command in the CMD.exe or COMMAND.com programs.
$output=exec("cmd -c echo hello"); //should produce the desired effect.
Why piping output to a file changes this fact, is beyond me.
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> Operating system: Windows 2000
> PHP version: 4.0.5
> PHP Bug Type: IIS related
> Bug description: exec(), system(), ... without reply
>
> <?php
> $output = exec("echo hello");
> echo "$output";
> ?>
>
> ...will nothing display!
> (that's wrong!)
>
> <?php
> $output = exec("echo hello > hello.txt");
> ?>
>
> ...will create a file named hello.txt with the value hello.
> (that's fine.)
Strange IMO, not fine.
>
> So the function exec() works properly but it gives no value back. The same
problem occures in the function system() or in the backticks.
>
> I'm using Windows 2000 with IIS.
>
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