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

ID: 22662 Updated by: hholzgra@php.net Reported By: pjaleysen at hotmail dot com Status: Open Bug Type: Program Execution Operating System: Windows XP PHP Version: 4.3.0 New Comment: %PATH% issue? (blind guess) Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-13 03:01:51] pjaleysen at hotmail dot com HI, I tried it out with PHP Version 4.3.2-RC but the problem remains; native MS-DOS commands work fine, other DOS-applications do not respond. kind regards Patrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 17:05:51] sniper@php.net Yes, but the snapshot is 4.3.2-dev so try it out. We're about to release 4.3.2 soon. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 17:04:09] pjaleysen at hotmail dot com I have the same problem with php4.3 (at home) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 17:01:50] sniper@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip 4.2.3 is way too old. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-03-12 11:58:58] pjaleysen at hotmail dot com 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....... //------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/22662 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22662&edit=1