RE: [PHP] I think this is a bug...cant use exec commands.

This may seem obvious, but did you try the FULL path to 'free'? As in exec("/usr/local/bin/free -b", $data, $result); > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian Duke [mailto:brian@box201.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 9:57 PM > To: 'Jay Blanchard'; 'William Lovaton'; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] I think this is a bug...cant use exec commands. > > I tell you the truth. I have only 1 php.ini. There are other > ini files I > have looked at but I have not found anything in them about safe mode. > Everything has been double or triple checked. Still not able run any > shell_exec commands from the command line. > > I need the output from free so if I use exec() > > <?php > exec("free -b", $data, $result); > $data = str_replace(' ',' ',$data); > $data = str_replace(' ',' ',$data); > $data = str_replace(' ',' ',$data); > $data = str_replace(' ',' ',$data); > $dataArray = explode(' ',$data); > $total = $dataArray[16]; > $used = $dataArray[17]; > echo $used.chr(10); > echo $total.chr(10); > ?> > > Exec complains that "free" is not in /usr/local/php/bin/ > directory. ( I > think that's the directory but whatever it was, it wasn't > pointing at the > web directory where my script is.) Really someone should try > this script. > It's harmless. 'Free' is a nix command. > > And BTW > > [snip from original] > > Warning: shell_exec(): Cannot execute using backquotes in > Safe Mode in > > /var/www/html/swap/mem.php on line 3 > [/snip] > > Is how that line should read. The complaint is about the script I an\m > running called mem.php. Originally named swap.php. I wasn't > paying close > enough attention when I cut from the bugs.php.net page and pasted. :) > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >