note 68647 added to function.shell-exec

If you are on windows and has Cygwin, You can execute all your Cygwin binaries using shell_exec() as follows: <? $result = shell_exec("C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe --login -c '/cygdrive/c/cygwin/bin/convert.exe --version'"); print($result); ?> The key is the "--login" option which appends all the required common cygwin binary and library paths to $PATH. Without this option some of the cygwin binaries that links to other libraries ( Like ImageMagick binaries which links to X11 ) will not work and you may see errors like "cygX11-6.dll not found, Could not start convert.exe" ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 15.243.169.73 ---- X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_MISSING,FROM_NO_LOWER autolearn=no version=2.64 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/68647 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68647/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68647/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68647/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68647/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68647/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68647/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/68647 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/68647 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php