On 09/08/07, Nuno Lopes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Things are not that simple. > I would advise you to read a more than one year thread about the very same > subject: http://marc.info/?l=php-dev&m=113919491216978 > > Nuno > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Quadling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PHP Developers Mailing List" <internals@lists.php.net> > Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:43 AM > Subject: [PHP-DEV] Getting Windows exec to work better. > > > > Hi. > > > > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=25361 > > > > I supplied a patch to fix this bug. > > > > The issue is NOT a PHP bug, but a "that's how it is on windows" issue. > > > > On *nix, if you want to exec a program via PHP whose program name or > > parameters contain spaces, do you need to use a pair of double quotes > > around the name/parameter? If so, are there any issues if you have > > many sets of double quotes? If not, then this is a difference between > > *nix and windows for the operation of PHP. > > > > With the patch it should deal with this, allowing PHP userland code to > > operate in the same way on both platforms. > > > > If someone could take a look, I'd be grateful.
Ok. Thanks for the link. I have read similar notes but no response as to why the patches supplied have NOT been committed. IIRC ... [2007-08-03 10:03:00] <Pierre> we don't care about 9x [2007-08-03 10:03:27] <Pierre> RichardQ, did you test it on recent windows too? I wonder if we can have more tests about this problem (if possible) Is PHP on 9x "supported"? I'm using XP, and from the command line, calling ... %comspec% /s /c ""program name here with spaces" "parameter here with spaces"" works fine. e.g. %comspec% /c ""C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "http://www.google.com/search?q=php with spaces"" Loads internet explorer with the appropriate google page. In PHP ... <?php exec('""C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" "http://www.google.com/search?q=php with spaces""'); ?> as does ... cd "Program Files\Internet Explorer" %comspec% /s /c "iexplore.exe "http://www.google.com/search?q=php with spaces"" But having to wrap your entire command line with quotes is not consistent with *nix platforms. And for the sake of a few additional characters in the exec method for windows (with the split for NT+ vs 9x), then this would save a lot of headache and once again, make PHP windows compatible. -- ----- Richard Quadling Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
