#26566 [NEW]: Why does EXEC() have to use CMD.EXE

From: taomyn at hotmail dot com Operating system: Windows 2000 and IIS 5 PHP version: 4.3.4 PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: Why does EXEC() have to use CMD.EXE Description: ------------ Why does EXEC() have to spawn an extra CMD.EXE when executing a program? For example, to execute NOTEPAD.EXE, WORDPAD.EXE, even ImageMagicks CONVERT.EXE, when called with EXEC() causes a CMD.EXE process to executed which then calls the program requested. It's not needed. Please can we have a version of EXEC that does not use CMD.EXE? It's not always needed and can cause major issues such as hanging sessions and hanging web services. A prime example are users of Gallery by http://gallery.menalto.com - many of their Windows users have this issue which is why they do not "officially" support Windows when it should work. Thanks, Taomyn Reproduce code: --------------- Call any Windows program with EXEC() and you get a CMD.EXE process that then calls the requested program. E.g. exec("c:\\winnt\\notepad.exe",$result,$status); Expected result: ---------------- Only NOTEPAD.EXE should appear. Actual result: -------------- "CMD.EXE /C NOTEPAD.EXE" and "NOTEPAD.EXE" appears in the process list -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=26566&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=26566&r=float