Re: Re: system, exec, shell_exec, passthru
| From: | p dot willis at telus dot net | Date: | Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:50:33 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Re: system, exec, shell_exec, passthru | ||
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Quoting Adam Zey <azey@nit.ca>:
>
> Looking at your $command, there is no path in front of it. It's likely
> that PHP's shell doesn't have the program in its PATH. Try manually
> specifying the full path to the command:
>
> $command="/home/peter/myprog $arg1 $arg2 > textfile.txt";
>
> (or whatever the path is)
>
> Keep in mind that under linux, (unlike DOS), you CANNOT execute
> applications in the same directory without a path. Even if the program
> is in the same directory as your present working directory (which is
> usually where the PHP script is located), you'd have to do "./myprog" as
> a relative path.
>
> Regards, Adam Zey.
I have actually tried that and it didn't make any difference.
In the actual code I have full paths applied to all input and
output files.
One of the system calls is in the system path. (ie: /usr/bin)
Peter