Re: Piping Mime String to Metamail Fails

On 13-Jul-01 Jeff Hill wrote: > Don Read wrote: >> On 13-Jul-01 Jeff Hill wrote: >> > Don Read wrote: >> >> On 13-Jul-01 Jeff Hill wrote: >> >> > I've tried everything I can to pipe a string with mime content to >> >> > metamail, but it fails in every variation of: >> >> > >> >> > exec("echo $mime_string | /usr/bin/metamail -d -q -r -w -x -y ", >> >> > $met_res) ; >> >> >> >> what about "/bin/echo ..." >> > >> > Nope, but I do appreciate the thought. Using "/bin/echo" just results in >> > $met_res becoming an empty array, as does my example string. >> > >> >> Huh ? > > >> $cmd='/bin/echo' ." $mime_string | /usr/bin/metamail -d -q -r -w -x -y >> "; >> echo ' cmd is:<br>', $cmd, '<p>'; >> fpassthru($cmd); > > > Well, I really do appreciate the help; maybe I'm misunderstanding > something. Using your statement above and executing the php script from > bash, I first get the results of your echo statement: > > cmd is:<br>/bin/echo > . . . then the $mime_string, and then on the last line, > | /usr/bin/metamail -d -q -r -w -x -y <p><br> > > After your echo statement, the fpassthru($cmd) results come back: > > <b>Warning:</b> Supplied argument is not a valid File-Handle resource in > <b>./mimescript_test.php</b> on line <b>9</b><br> > > The entire contents of this mimescript_test.php are: > --------------------------------------------------- >#!/usr/local/bin/php -q > <?php > > $fp0 = fopen('php://stdin','r') or die("couldnt open stdin"); > while(!feof($fp0)) { > $mime_string .= fgets($fp0,4096); > } > $cmd='/bin/echo' ." $mime_string | /usr/bin/metamail -d -q -r -w -x -y > "; > echo ' cmd is:<br>', $cmd, '<p>'; > fpassthru($cmd); > ?> > ---------------------------------------------------- > > As it seems fpassthru is supposed to work with the file pointer rather > than string, I did try using $fp0 rather than $mime_string, but I got > "not a valid File-Handle resource". > > If I substitute exec for fpassthru and add a $return to capture what > comes back, I get an empty array (I get a response of "Array" when > attempting to echo the $return variable, when I echo $return[0], etc., I > get nothing. > > If I substitute system for fpassthru, I get only "127" when I echo the > $return. > > I'm not the expert, but it certainly seems the problem lies in getting > the /bin/echo command pipe the string to metamail, and I'm not certain > how to make it do so. > ok, i was thinking system(), but was on the fpassthru page in the manual ... sorry. But looking at your while (!feof()) loop above ... Hey, there are limits to a shell argument length, ya know. alternative: $p=popen('/usr/bin/metamail -d -q -r -w -x -y','w'); fwrite($p, $mime_string); pclose($p); Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.