#12300 [Opn->Fbk]: exec() family problems

ID: 12300 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: marv@cyberia.net.lb -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Program Execution Operating System: Win98 PHP Version: 4.0.6 New Comment: Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-latest.zip Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-24 09:02:57] marv@cyberia.net.lb Tried it on 4.0.7, 4.1RC1a (with the win patch) and 4.2-dev Failed on the lot of them with same behaviour (works in the command prompt, hangs in the browser). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-10-24 06:30:21] sander@php.net Can you try the latest CVS? Or a development-binary from http://208.44.124.20/php-dev-win/ Does this problem still occur? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2001-07-21 14:41:42] marv@cyberia.net.lb exec(), system(), etc. cause php to hang when called through the browser. when executed from the command line, it works fine. I'm running PHP4.06, PWS, Win98SE. I'm using the PHP binary downloaded from php.net. I have a batch file, test.bat which contains one line: echo Hello My PHP script is: $cmd="test.bat"; echo "Executing command: [$cmd]\n"; system($cmd,$value); echo "Return value is: $value\n"; When I run this from the command line, ie. php test.bat, it works as expected. When I call the script from the browser, a command window opens and closes quickly, I get no output in the browser and the browser keeps trying to load the script. If I hit stop, the browser stops with nothing retrieved at all. PHP is still listed in the task list when pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=12300&edit=1