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

ID: 22662 User updated by: pjaleysen at hotmail dot com Reported By: pjaleysen at hotmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Output Control Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 4.2.3 New Comment: like I said, the native Windows commands work correctly. I tried putting cmd before a command, but invain. This is a brief summary of the forum thread, found at http://forums.devshed.com/t55038/s.html): //--------------------------------------------------- I am trying to use pkzip to compress documents. I am running a windows PC, so I am trying to execute a DOS command. I have so far: <?php $pkzip="C:/Progra~1/Apache~1/Apache/readwr~1/pkzip.exe"; $pkzipdirectory="C:/Progra~1/Apache~1/Apache/readwr~1/"; $command=$pkzip." ".$pkzipdirectory."myzip.zip"." ".$pkzipdirectory."mydoc.doc"; shell_exec($command); ?> It doesnt work //--------------------------------------------------------- shouldn't have to as long as cmd.exe is in your path. can't believe its not really. maybe try a little test like this and see what you get back, then you'll know if its a path problem..... <?php $test = shell_exec("ping 192.168.0.1"); echo $test; ?> //------------------------------------------------------ The ping works ok! I can do the standard commands alright. I tried: 1)using absolute directories (like above) 2) changing path=, to include the pkzip file (A dos version of pkzip) 3) changing to the 'long' directory notation (e.g progra~1 => program files) //------------------------------------------------- Executing commands in the shell from a PHP script only works when the program you are trying to execute resides in your system directory (windows 2000: c:\winnt\system32). //----------------------------------------- I might have a clue!?!? e.g. I have a batchfile saying: "echo this batchfile works" running this with: <?php $test=shell_exec("run.bat "); echo $test; ?> echoos 'echo this batchfile works' Shouldnt the 'echo' NOT be there in the echo $test? It's like it is just reading the line, instead of executing it....... //------------------------ Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 11:47:40] andrew@php.net Sorry, that should be shell_exec('cmd ver'); ~ Andrew Heebner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 11:45:52] andrew@php.net How are you passing your params to shell_exec() ? I know from personal experience, that shell_exec() requires me to load command.com to the interpreter, such as: print shell_exec('cmd version'); This *should* print out your windows version... ~ Andrew Heebner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 11:33:24] pjaleysen at hotmail dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22662&edit=1