[PHP-WIN] change for exec function and safe_mode between win32 command line interface php 4.3.4 -> php 4.3.7 ?

We upgraded from win32 php 4.3.4 to 4.3.7 and my php command line script broke. I am using safe_mode=on. If I use safe_mode=off instead of safe_mode=on it works. Why would my php command line script work with win32 php 4.3.4 with safe_mode=on but not with 4.3.7? For a test I created a file f:\b

[PHP-WIN] Did the exec function change between php 4.3.4 and 4.3.7?

I have a script that broke after upgrading php 4.3.4 to 4.3.7 Did the exec function change between php 4.3.4 and 4.3.7? With 4.3.4 exec seems to return output, with 4.3.7 exec does not seem to return output. For example, I ran a batch file date.bat from the php command line interface as shown be