Re: Re [PHP] cURL in an exec() . more. SOLVED

Ha ha! Just what I mentioned from above. FULL PATH!!!!! :-) FletchSOD "Jay Blanchard" <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> wrote in message news:003201c222ac$9760ad90$8102a8c0@niigziuo4ohhdt... > It's always the smallest things that will get you, I should be slapped > (preferably by a good looking woman) :) .... > > exec was not broken > the permissions don't have to be mucked with > ownership and group can be left alone > this should be stamped on the forehead of each and every PHP developer > > USE FULL PATHS! > > $bash = "#!/bin/sh"; > $curl = "/usr/local/bin/curl -d > \"name=myname&password=mypassword&btnsubmit=submit\" -s -o cdrlist.html > https://theserver.com/download/list.html"; > $sh = fopen("/var/www/htdocs/rcr/getlist.sh", "w+"); > fputs($sh, $bash."\n\n"); > fputs($sh, $curl); > fclose($sh); > chmod("/var/www/htdocs/rcr/getlist.sh", 0755); > exec("/var/www/htdocs/rcr/getlist.sh"); > > This solved all of the problems. I did the full paths thing during the > process of elimination, to remove all doubt about the code. This will make > sure that the script can be found and executed. > > On another note; > > Had I done this with exec and the cURL statement earlier it would have > worked as well. But I think that i am going to keep it this way as it will > hopefully make the code clearer. I will have to write more cURL statements > later in the script and I can then assemble shell scripts as needed. > > Thanks for all of your help... > > Jay > > >