Bug #13886: PHP crashes on calling a shell based program without a total search path

From: edo@domis.de Operating system: Windows 98 PHP version: 4.0.6 PHP Bug Type: Reproducible crash Bug description: PHP crashes on calling a shell based program without a total search path Whe I execute the script below direct from the command line (e.g.c:\>php crash.php), php crashes. 1.) the command "echo perl -h;" is executed, it displays the 'help desk' from perl correctly 2.) the command "echo c:\\command.com /C echo hallo;" is executed this runs and display "hello", but 3.) the command "echo echo hallo;" displays "...Warning unable to execute..." but shows the windows Application crash Dialog, after closing this Dialog the script terminate, without execute more lines. Best regards Ekkehard Domning -=-=-=- Script contents -=-=-=- <?php // This works echo perl -h; // This too echo c:\\command.com /C echo hallo; // This crashes echo echo hallo; ?> -=-=-=- Script contents end-=-=-=- -=-=-=- Script Output -=-=-=- [...] hallo <br> <b>Warning</b>: Unable to execute 'echo hallo' in <b>crash.php</b> on line <b>10</b><br> -=-=-=- Script Output end-=-=-=- -=-=-=- Windows Application Error Dialogbox -=-=-=- PHP verursachte einen Fehler durch eine ungültige Seite in Modul KERNEL32.DLL bei 0177:bff7b983. Register: EAX=00000020 CS=0177 EIP=bff7b983 EFLGS=00010202 EBX=7802347e SS=017f ESP=0063f7e4 EBP=0063f820 ECX=7803ad88 DS=017f ESI=00000020 FS=4caf EDX=00790550 ES=017f EDI=00000000 GS=0000 Bytes bei CS:EIP: 80 3e 04 74 0f 33 c0 50 50 50 68 05 00 00 c0 e8 Stapelwerte: 0065d800 780101e8 00000020 780234a9 00000000 00000000 0065d800 7802347e 78001409 00001010 0063f614 0063fe28 7800e492 780342a8 ffffffff 00000000 -=-=-=- Windows Application Error Dialogbox end-=-=-=- -- Edit bug report at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=13886&edit=1