#34671 [NEW]: strange exec behaviour on multiple quotes

From: wf at bitplan dot com Operating system: Windows XP PHP version: 5.0.5 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: strange exec behaviour on multiple quotes Description: ------------ in the code below $cmd='"C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysql.exe" --execute=status'; works, but $cmd='"C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysql.exe" --execute="status"'; does not. The error message is: failed with return-code: 1 Der Befehl "C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden. This is very strange, since running the command in a cmd box in Windows works in both cases. Reproduce code: --------------- $_output=array(); $cmd='"C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL Server 4.1/bin/mysql.exe" --execute="status"'; exec($cmd,$_output,$_retval); if ($_retval==0) { echo 'and done !<br />'; } else { echo " failed with return-code: ".$_retval; foreach($_output as $_outputline){ echo("$_outputline<br />"); } Expected result: ---------------- exec should work in both cases Actual result: -------------- failed with return-code: 1 Der Befehl "C:/Programme/MySQL/MySQL" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=34671&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=trysnapshot50 Try a CVS snapshot (php5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=trysnapshot51 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=34671&r=mysqlcfg