#34671 [Com]: strange exec behaviour on multiple quotes

ID: 34671 Comment by: louis at steelbytes dot com Reported By: wf at bitplan dot com Status: No Feedback Bug Type: Program Execution Operating System: win32 only PHP Version: 5.2.6 Assigned To: pajoye New Comment: broken in 5.2.6 tested 5.3.0alpha2, and now works. simply used system('"fr" "ed"'); with procmon from sysinternals to see what is executed. 5.2.6 shows cmd.exe /c "fr" "ed" 5.3.0alpha2 shows cmd.exe /c ""fr" "ed"" Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-26 01:00:00] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the information that was originally requested, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-18 08:05:45] pajoye@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz For Windows (zip): http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.3-win32-latest.zip For Windows (installer): http://snaps.php.net/win32/php5.3-win32-installer-latest.msi (The Zip version) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-05-30 10:13:41] rquadling@php.net [11:11] <Pierre> RichardQ, assign these bugs to me and I will dispatch them if necessary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-28 15:10:25] wf at bitplan dot com it's not a PHP but a cmd.exe problem: ""C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysql.exe" --user=smartrqm --password=6y-app% --database=smartRQM --execute="status"" works. This is due to the way cmd /c works which is obviously used internally. See cmd /help on how cmd.exe handles quotes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-09-28 14:39:10] wf at bitplan dot com Description: ------------ in the code below $cmd='"C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysql.exe" --execute=status'; works, but $cmd='"C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysql.exe" --execute="status"'; does not. The error message is: failed with return-code: 1 Der Befehl "C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden. This is very strange, since running the command in a cmd box in Windows works in both cases. Reproduce code: --------------- $_output=array(); $cmd='"C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysql.exe" --execute="status"'; exec($cmd,$_output,$_retval); if ($_retval==0) { echo 'and done !<br />'; } else { echo " failed with return-code: ".$_retval; foreach($_output as $_outputline){ echo("$_outputline<br />"); } Expected result: ---------------- exec should work in both cases Actual result: -------------- failed with return-code: 1 Der Befehl "C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34671&edit=1