Re: syntax woes

On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:58 -0700, aurfalien@gmail.com wrote: > > 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 > > > Hi Ash, > > I didn't know there was one. > > Lemme study it up, thanks for the suggestion. > > - aurf > PHP can do everything ;) Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk