Hello all,
I'm discovering the joys of PHP as supplied by RH on their 7.1 release.
Actually, everything about it is SO much nicer than ASP or pure Perl. (Not
to take anything away from either--PHP's just a LOT easier to get hold of!)
I'm running PHP as an Apache module (default RedHat installation) but I did
turn Safe Mode on. None of the execution functions work at all, though.
The Safe Mode directory is set to /usr/local/bin and the script I want to
run is (also) in that directory. No matter how I approach it, the system()
or passthru() functions apparently execute nothing and return nothing. Not
even an error message or warning of any kind. (Backticks give a decidedly
pointed message in Safe Mode, though: "No can do" as I would expect).
How DO I step out of a PHP page and execute a script or command? And would
that method be safe to give to "regular" users? There is no mention in the
manual (to which I constantly refer) nor in any place on the php.net site to
tell me how this should "REALLY" work.
Any advice would be appreciated. This is the last stumbling block to
converting my web-portal 100% to PHP.
Best regards,
Bill
