#14982 [Opn->Csd]: passthru() fails if more than one command line argument is quoted

ID: 14982 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: peter.linstrom@nist.gov -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Performance problem Operating System: Windows NT 4.0/ Windows 2000 PHP Version: 4.1.1 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. In case this was a PHP problem, snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. In case this was a documentation problem, the fix will show up soon at http://www.php.net/manual/. In case this was a PHP.net website problem, the change will show up on the PHP.net site and on the mirror sites in short time. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-01-10 18:19:59] peter.linstrom@nist.gov Problem: When the command line passed to passthru contains more than one argument that is quoted, the command line is not run. For example: passthru("\"C:\\Some dir\\prog.exe\" arg"); -- works passthru("\"C:\\Some dir\\prog.exe\" \"new arg\""); --fails Systems tested: Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Apache 1.3.22 with php4apache.dll PHP versions 4.1 and 4.1.1 (problem not present w/ 4.06) PHP and Apache are the distributed Windows binaries safe_mode is off Example script: <html> <head> <title>PHP Test Script</title> </head> <body> <h1>PHP Test Script</h1> <?php function write_example($command) { // Write a header. echo "\n<h2>Command: ", htmlspecialchars($command), "</h2>\n\n<pre>\n"; // Run the command. passthru($command); // Finish up the section. echo "\n</pre>\n"; // Done, return. return false; } write_example("test.bat"); write_example("\"test.bat\""); write_example("\"test.bat\" arg"); write_example("\"test.bat\" \"arg\""); ?> </body> </html> Contents of "test.bat" (goes in same dir as script above): @echo Batch file run OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14982&edit=1