note 116609 added to function.system

Seems like php doesn't recognize the -e command line switch for system command "echo": <?php system('echo -e hello'); ?> returns "-e hello", but you'd expect "hello". Odd thing is that you don't need to specify -e as it by default enables the interpretation of backslash escapes: <?php system('echo \'hello\nthere\' '); ?> returns: hello there but running the same command from the bash shell: # echo 'hello\nthere' returns: hello\nthere My guess is that php does some special checks to see if echo is being executed by the system and automatically adds the -e switch. ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 24.79.17.162 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.system.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/116609 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116609/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116609/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116609/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116609/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116609/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116609/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/116609 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/116609 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php