Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=10937&edit=1
ID: 10937
Updated by: kalle@php.net
Reported by: kc834 at blu32 dot com
Summary: Interface to execl(), execv()
-Status: Open
+Status: Closed
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: Program Execution
Operating System: *
PHP Version: *
-Assigned To:
+Assigned To: kalle
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Closing in favour of bug #13843
Previous Comments:
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[2010-12-31 21:20:20] jani@php.net
See also bug #13843
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[2001-05-17 13:32:27] kc834 at blu32 dot com
It would be very helpful if you implemented a command that could be used to execute an external
program without using the shell. Such a feature would be useful in the following cases:
1) if another hole is discovered in EscapeShellCmd()
2) if the web server is being run in a chrooted environment, or in another situation in which
/bin/sh access is forbidden or undesirable
3) if the user wishes to avoid the overhead of running the shell when a simple execl() would suffice
4) when individual arguments to a user program contain spaces or other characters that could be
mangled by the shell and require special treatment (ex. execl("/bin/foo", "foo",
"hello \"world", NULL) is a pain in the neck to do right now)
5) if for no other reason, than to make PHP more competitive with Perl, which does have this
feature. it's not too hard to do.
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