RE: Can't execute Java from PHP

2010-01-03 Thread Bobby Kent
Hey Dave, IIRC the value 0 is equivalent to FALSE in PHP, and the return value of system is the one provided by the OS. If you run the java command from the command line and immediately follow up with "echo $?" you'll see that the OS reports a return value of 0 on success (unless you've explicitl

Re: Can't execute Java from PHP

2010-01-03 Thread Nick Burch
On Sun, 3 Jan 2010, Dave Coventry wrote: The command 'java -jar /home/dave/web/drupal/java/dist/emp.jar' works fine on the command line. Could it simply be a path issue? i.e. the "java" command is on your path when run from the command line, but not when run from php? Try giving the absolut

Re: Can't execute Java from PHP

2010-01-03 Thread MSB
Hello Dave, Like David, I am not an expert with PHP - in fact, I have never used it before - but I wanted to ask whether you have been able to isolate the problem to just the POI libraries? What happens if, for instance, you create a very simple class that counts from one to one hundred and write

Re: Can't execute Java from PHP

2010-01-02 Thread Dave Coventry
Dave, I appreciate the input. The command 'java -jar /home/dave/web/drupal/java/dist/emp.jar' works fine on the command line. I am using the Java HSSF code to upload spreadsheets into a database via PHP. Has anyone attempted anything similar? Other external functions are called from the same

Re: Can't execute Java from PHP

2010-01-02 Thread David Fisher
Check your java classpath. Is poi properly included? I think that this is the true issue guessing from your example. Of course, I am NOT a php person, but I guess system("set"); or system("setenv"); Regards, Dave On Jan 2, 2010, at 9:49 PM, Dave Coventry wrote: I can't run my Java HSSF a