Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63731&edit=1
ID: 63731
Updated by: ras...@php.net
Reported by: scott at smashcat dot org
Summary: shell_exec() cannot run some commands
-Status: Open
+Status: Not a bug
Type: Bug
Package: *General Issues
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 5.4.9
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Sorry, this has nothing to do with PHP. All PHP does is call popen() here which
creates a pipe and forks a shell to run the command. To debug it try switching
to
your web server user id from the command line and trying it and if you are
really
stuck write a little popen() wrapper in C and try to figure out where it is
failing. My guess is that it is a permissions issue.
Previous Comments:
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[2012-12-08 23:37:17] scott at smashcat dot org
Description:
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When attempting to call the zip command from php, it silently fails. Other
commands to create and delete files etc work fine. Using correct path to zip
etc. No errors, just fails. Running same command from terminal works.
Test script:
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$zip=`which zip`;
$res=shell_exec("$zip test.zip test.txt");
Expected result:
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zip file should be created
Actual result:
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Nothing. No errors, although the response variable $res contains what appears
to be part of the zip file data. Seems like the output from zip is not going to
the file, but being sent to the virtual terminal.
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