PHP 4.0 Bug #9042: Patch for exec() - one character output doesn't work

From: tunacat@yahoo.com Operating system: solaris 2.6 PHP version: 4.0.4pl1 PHP Bug Type: Unknown/Other Function Bug description: Patch for exec() - one character output doesn't work When I exec() a program, and the program produces a single character as output (no newline), the output does not make it back to PHP. Here is a patch to fix the problem: *** exec.c.orig Wed Jan 31 16:06:57 2001 --- exec.c Wed Jan 31 16:16:38 2001 *************** *** 163,170 **** /* strip trailing spaces */ l = strlen(buf); t = l; ! while (l && isspace((int)buf[--l])); ! if (l < t) buf[l + 1] = '\0'; /* Return last line from the shell command */ if (PG(magic_quotes_runtime)) { --- 163,172 ---- /* strip trailing spaces */ l = strlen(buf); t = l; ! while (l && isspace((int)buf[l - 1])) { ! l--; ! } ! if (l < t) buf[l] = '\0'; /* Return last line from the shell command */ if (PG(magic_quotes_runtime)) { *************** *** 173,179 **** tmp = php_addslashes(buf, 0, &len, 0); RETVAL_STRINGL(tmp,len,0); } else { ! RETVAL_STRINGL(buf,l?l+1:0,1); } } else { int b, i; --- 175,181 ---- tmp = php_addslashes(buf, 0, &len, 0); RETVAL_STRINGL(tmp,len,0); } else { ! RETVAL_STRINGL(buf,l,1); } } else { int b, i; -- Edit Bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=9042&edit=1