Re: Bug #11008 Updated: exit() should return an exit status if passed, not send to stdout

Creating some new function (or language construct :) and not fixing the existing one is really stupid idea. exit(string) -> same behaviour as before eixt(int) -> only set exit-status and no echo out anything to stdout. Thus BC wouldn't be that badly broken.. --Jani On Fri, 7 Dec 2001, Markus Fischer wrote: > Sadly no :-/ There were some discussions in the past and some > ideas came up (exit_shell() or shell_exit()) but no further > steps where taken. > > - Markus > >On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 10:02:53PM -0000, sniper@php.net wrote : >> ID: 11008 >> Updated by: sniper >> Reported By: brianm@dealnews.com >> Old Status: Closed >> Status: Analyzed >> Bug Type: Scripting Engine problem >> Operating System: Linux >> PHP Version: 4.0 Latest CVS (2001-05-21) >> New Comment: >> >> I just got bitten by this. The manual page says that if the value passed >> to exit() is integer it is used as exit status. >> >> Or is there some other way to exit from PHP script with an exit status? >> >> --Jani >> >> >> Previous Comments: >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> [2001-07-15 16:43:19] zeev@php.net >> >> Simply put - no, it should not. >> >> exit's optional argument is a termination message, not a shell status. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> [2001-05-23 11:24:22] brianlmoon@php.net >> >> Anyone in the Zend core want to comment on this? I know where the code is that does it. >> But it is in the Zend code. >> >> Is there a good reason to put this exit status to stdout? >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> [2001-05-22 01:59:53] bbonev@php.net >> >> indeed it does both: >> >> if php; then echo yes; fi >> <? exit(0) ?> >> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.5 >> Content-type: text/html >> >> 0yes >> >> if php; then echo yes; fi >> <? exit(1) ?> >> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.5 >> Content-type: text/html >> >> 1 >> >> i don't see a real reason for the echoed exit status though >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> [2001-05-21 21:34:23] brianm@dealnews.com >> >> Working with a shell script here. I hoped that exit() would work like perl and return the >> passed status as and exist status. As it stands now, it sends it to stdout. This is unexpected. >> >> It would be much more useful if exit() could be used to enable the use of PHP in shell >> scripts by returning the passed value as an exit status. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Edit this bug report at >> http://bugs.php.net/?id=11008&edit=1 >> >> >> -- >> PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >