Re: passthru causes php to lose internal variables

system() has the same problem as passthru. Thanks for the suggestion anyway. I wonder if I should post this to the bug list? "Nicole" <430ntr3k@aeontrek.com> wrote in message news:20030915090814.47764.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi, > > Did you try using the system() command instead and skip using exec and > passthru? > > -- > Nicole > > > "Exasperated" <php@instruform.com> wrote in message > news:20030914202252.32486.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > > Anyone come across something like this before? > > > > I have made a little test script as follows: > > <? > > header ("Content-Type: application/pdf"); > > $command_line = "/usr/bin/pdflabelseries " . > > escapeshellcmd($_POST['labelstart']) . " " . > > escapeshellcmd($_POST['labelend']); > > exec ("echo \"$command_line\" >/opt/specs/labels.txt"); > > //passthru($command_line); > > ?> > > > > The form takes input from a posted form with two variables, labelstart and > > labelend. In the above test, if I put in 'start' and 'end' as the posted > > variable data, the output from /opt/specs/labels.txt (writable by the http > > server) is: > > /usr/bin/pdflabelseries start end > > All is well and good. Now is where it heads South. I uncomment the > > passthru command above. The output from the script in > /opt/specs/labels.txt > > from the same posted form with the same data entered is now: > > /usr/bin/pdflabelseries > > pdflabelseries is a C program that I have confirmed works perfectly on the > > command line (i.e. generates the requisite pdf file to stdout). > > Even if the C program fails (which it does not appear to do from the > output > > in the httpd logs as it outputs its command line to stderr), surely php > > should not lose its own internal variables, especially, for a command that > > is executed BEFORE the passthru command. > > > > I am truly baffled. > > > > Any help appreciated. > > Regards > > > > Mark > > > > I am running vanilla Mandrake 9.1 with the following PHP rpms: > > libphp_common430-430-11mdk > > php-pear-4.3.0-3mdk > > apache2-mod_php-2.0.44_4.3.1-2mdk > > php-xml-4.3.0-2mdk > > php-dba_bundle-4.3.0-4mdk > > php-pgsql-4.3.0-4mdk > > php-xmlrpc-4.3.0-2mdk > > php-manual-en-4.3.0-2mdk > > php430-devel-430-11mdk > > php-gd-4.3.0-2mdk