Re: syntax woes

On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:47 -0700, aurfalien@gmail.com wrote: > > aurfalien@gmail.com wrote: > >> Hi all, > >> I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try. > >> The following code works fine in its own PHP script; > >> $mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid; > >> exec($mkdircmd); > >> But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the > >> ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I > >> do; > >> $mkdircmd = "'/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid"; > >> ... were I surrounded the variable with "", which causes it to not > >> work. > > > > $mkdircmd = "/bin/mkdir /homes/$uid"; > > or > > $mkdircmd = "/bin/mkdir /homes/${uid}"; > > > > Should fix the syntax. > > > > I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /homes/ > > folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a > > path because of permission issues). > > > > Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ? > > > > Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for > > that one. > > > > -- > > Postgresql & php tutorials > > http://www.designmagick.com/ > > Thanks Chris. > > I appreciate the response. I was hoping my description wasn't too > vague because I don't really understand what I'm doing. > > - aurf > > > This might sound stupid because I've not played with Drupal, but what's wrong with using the mkdir command in PHP instead of the exec call? Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk