[PHP-DEV] PHP 4.0 Bug #8465 Updated: Cannot exec, system, passthru, backticks From: lyric <email protected>
Date: 12/28/00

ID: 8465
Updated by: lyric
Reported By: che <email protected>
Status: Open
Bug Type: Program Execution
Assigned To:
Comments:

"echo" is not a command under windows, rather something built into the shell (cmd.exe). Hence the error message is correct - you can't run a command that doesn't exist. You should use something like "cmd /c echo hello world".

I'll do us both a favour and ignore your other comments

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[2000-12-28 17:27:44] che <email protected>
<?php
    print `echo hello world`;
?>

I have tried exec, backticks, system, passthru, and they all do not work. When running the CGI version, there is no message displayed. When running the isapi version, I get the error message "Warning: Unable to fork [echo hello world] in c:inetpubwwwroothorus.atlantic.nettest.php on line 3". It seems that this has been going on for a while now. "CreateProcess" is a very simple Windows API call. If PHP is going to beat ASP, this needs to be resolved.

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