Re: Problem with the passthru function

On 6/14/06, Venkatesh Babu <venkatbabukr@yahoo.com> wrote:

I have a small php file (test.php) whose code is shown below: <?php

    $retval=1;
    $command='/bin/ls';
    passthru($command, $retval);
    print("Exit status: " . $retval);

?> This test.php works fine when I execute from command prompt as "php test.php", but when I access it through web browser, it seems not to be working fine, I get an exit status of 127 (which means command not found). I checked for permissions of ls, gave full path, but still it is failing. Can anybody help me in indentifying what is the potential problem?

Check if safe_mode is on in your php.ini. Turn it off if it is enabled. Rabin