note 62249 added to ref.exec

at LAST! tenacity pays off, days trying every little thing! I didn't want batch files. I'm trying to use PHP to get rid of batch files. I didn't want to call a file to parse the parameters to call a shell to call a file. I've got "systems" right now with batches tiered three and five deep. I just wanted to run stuff. CALL, tested on WinXP, will be testing on more OSes right away, in PHP4 and 5, with exec, system, works with popen, and passthru. here is my lame sample function. // CreateZip function createzip ($target, $archive) { $ziputil = "call \"c:\\Program Files\\7-zip\\7z.exe\""; $archived = escapeshellarg($archive); $targeted = escapeshellarg($target); $shellcommand= $ziputil." a -tzip ".$archived." ".$targeted."\n"; // all of the below are working in Win XP Pro passthru ($shellcommand); exec ($shellcommand); system ($shellcommand); shell_exec ($shellcommand); $proc= popen ($shellcommand, "r"); //$proc contains output LONG PATH NAMES WITH SPACES IN THEM ON WINDOWS! all in a big long concatenated command line with multiple quoted-filename parameters shell scripting bliss! ---- Server IP: 216.194.113.175 Probable Submitter: 68.230.46.140 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+62249 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62249&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62249&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62249&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62249&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62249&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62249&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+62249&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+62249&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php