I know this topic probably comes up from time to time, but I wanted to get
up to date feedback.
on php 4.06/win2k, exec(), system(), and passthru() work only sporadically,
in spite of the change notes for 4.06 that state the "exec family" problem
was fixed.
For instance, try some simple shell commands
from the shell:
when entering "date" from the command line:
>The current date is: Wed 11/21/2001
>Enter the new date: (mm-dd-yy)
when using the same command via exec and php:
exec("date")
>Wed Nov 21 14:05:10 2001
It works, but returns a different format.
Now entering "ver" on the command line (supposed to show windows version):
>Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
when using the same command via exec and php:
exec("ver")
>Warning: Unable to fork [ver]...
Most of the shell commands return this last, the typical "unable to fork"
error.
I was unable to find this as a current bug report. Does anyone else have any
experience with this?
Doug Brewer
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