note 31942 added to ref.exec

Even I typed in the full path to a command none of the shell functions worked at all. exec("/usr/bin/mygoodcommand"); ...just didn't produce results. The command was world executable and ran fine from the shell. But after playing with the 2>&1 thing I established that "mygoodcommand" needed all of its commands to be path specific too. In my case I was attempting to dump a processed uploaded spreadsheet to a database with the command: mysql --local-infile -u supportadmin --password='*******' personnel < /Users/leenoble/Sites/Websites/Support/data/updateexec.sql In order for this to work I had to add: /usr/local/mysql/bin/ to the mysql command to make it work. I hope this helps stop someone else from tearing their hair out in frustration. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+31942 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+31942 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+31942