#36187 [NEW]: PHP-CLI does not return int exit status set by exit()

From: volker at puttrich dot net Operating system: Debian Sarge PHP version: 5.1.2 PHP Bug Type: CGI related Bug description: PHP-CLI does not return int exit status set by exit() Description: ------------ The CLI version of PHP does not return the integer exit status to the shell when using 'exit(integer);' from within the script. PHP will always return 0 (or 255 probably). The manual says that it would do. Calling 'exit("string");' (with a string as parameter) it works as expected and as mentioned in the manual. Reproduce code: --------------- This is what I'm trying to do: file1.php --------- <? system("php ./file2.php", $rv); fwrite(STDOUT, $rv."\n"); system("php ./file2.php -- -param", $rv); fwrite(STDOUT, $rv."\n"); ?> file2.php --------- <? if($argc < 2) exit(1); else exit(0); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Execute: # php ./file1.php Output should be: 1 0 Actual result: -------------- Buggy result is: 0 0 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=36187&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.1): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=trysnapshot51 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=36187&r=mysqlcfg