[PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #6104 Updated: popen returns -1 From: jmoore <email protected>
Date: 11/20/00

ID: 6104
Updated by: jmoore
Reported By: Alan <email protected>
Status: Closed
Bug Type: *General Issues
Assigned To:
Comments:

Sounds like an incorrect popen call to me (Its returning false not -1) try this instead:

$mail = popen($default->path_to_sendmail." -i -f$from --
$recipients", 'w');

This should fix this. If it doesnt please reopen with a smaller reproducing script and full system info. Also try the latest CVS to see if that fixes it.
                

Previous Comments:
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[2000-08-11 06:23:11] Alan <email protected>
This code snippit from horde.lib (www.horde.org):
                                                                                
 // Finally, send the mail.
        if ( <email protected>($default->path_to_sendmail)) {
                $mail = popen("$default->path_to_sendmail -i -f$from -- $recipients", 'w');
                $result = fputs($mail, $bhdrs . $hdrs);
                echo "1: " . $result;
                $result += fputs($mail, "n"); // trailing n to end the
headers section
                echo "2: " . $result;
                $result += fputs($mail, $body);
                echo "3: " . $result;
                if (pclose($mail) != 0)
                        $result = 0;
          echo "4: " . $result;
        } else {
                if (empty($envelope['To'])) $envelope['To'] = '';
                if (empty($envelope['Subject'])) $envelope['Subject'] = '';
                if (mail($envelope['To'], $envelope['Subject'], $body, $hdrs .
 $mhdrs))
                        $result = 1;
                else
                        $result = 0;
        }
                                                                                
Yields the following output:
1: 345
2: 346
3: 354
4: 0
                                                                                
The return value of pclose() is not the exit status of the program, but a value as returned by waitpid() of wait4(). I've run what the popen command-line calls by hand using truss, and sendmail is returning exit(0). So, I dug a bit further... pclose($mail) is returning -1. Any ideas on how I can track down why? This function is not reported to be misbehaving on other platforms.

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