#22662 [NEW]: shell_exec not working on windows XP

From: pjaleysen at hotmail dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 4.2.3 PHP Bug Type: Output Control Bug description: shell_exec not working on windows XP Hi, shell_exec(),as well as exec(),system(), can only handle 'native' DOS applications like ping,copy,attrib etc. either directly as a command, or though a *.bat file. Executing other (DOS) applications like pkzip (for DOS) or (rar for dos) don't seem to work. There is a thread of this issue at www.devshed.com (http://forums.devshed.com/t55038/s.html) I am using: -Windows XP -Apache 1.3.27 -PHP4.3 All with the default configurations. Kind regards Patrick -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22662&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=trysnapshot Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=needtrace Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=22662&r=gnused