#13512 [Opn->Bgs]: The backtick operator only returns stdout, not stderr

ID: 13512 Updated by: jani@php.net Reported By: strecket at hotmail dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Operating System: FreeBSD PHP Version: 4.0.5 New Comment: It works fine in the windows versions I've tried it on. And current PHP versions don't work with Win9x anyway -> bogus. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-05 05:02:15] strecket at hotmail dot com RE: edink@php.net Yes, but that's platform specific solution, so I think it would be better to make PHP return the output to stderr too. For example, that doesn't work on Win9x. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-05 03:20:23] edink@php.net What you want can be probably be achieved with: $output = command 2>&1; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-02 10:27:43] strecket at hotmail dot com If I use the backtick operator, like: $output = command goes here; and if the program 'command' returns its output to stderr and not stdout, then it's not easy to get the output. Right now, it can be solved by adding: 2> /tmp/file/here and then reading the file in the script, but that's not a good solution. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=13512&edit=1