CGI Error after exec or system in Windows

[Alexander]

Hi there,

i am trying to run php(4.3.4) on iis6 (W2k3 Server).

All works perfect except running external programs.

The command system (or exec) starts and works (tried it, and the command is
executed)
but the server returns: CGI Error, CGI-application misbehaved.....

This is the code:

$command="date /T >>c:\\temp\\log .txt";
system ($command);
system ($command);


The actual date is written into the logfile twice, as expected, but no
website is returned.
This cannot be a security problem ??? File is written!

The save code on save machine works perfect using Apache 2.


Any ideas?

[Andy Hassall]

Re: CGI Error after exec or system in Windows

On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 14:11:33 +0100, "Alexander" <abauer@gmx.net > wrote:
[color=blue]
>i am trying to run php(4.3.4)[/color]

That's quite old.
[color=blue]
>on iis6 (W2k3 Server).
>
>All works perfect except running external programs.
>
>The command system (or exec) starts and works (tried it, and the command is
>executed)
>but the server returns: CGI Error, CGI-application misbehaved.....[/color]

What's the rest of the error? Doesn't that message also include the headers
that it did send?

Have you checked the error logs for more information?
[color=blue]
>This is the code:
>
>$command="da te /T >>c:\\temp\\log .txt";
>system ($command);
>system ($command);
>
>
>The actual date is written into the logfile twice, as expected, but no
>website is returned.
>This cannot be a security problem ??? File is written!
>
>The save code on save machine works perfect using Apache 2.[/color]

Running as CGI as well? Or a module?
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[Gordon Burditt]

Re: CGI Error after exec or system in Windows

>i am trying to run php(4.3.4) on iis6 (W2k3 Server).[color=blue]
>
>All works perfect except running external programs.
>
>The command system (or exec) starts and works (tried it, and the command is
>executed)
>but the server returns: CGI Error, CGI-application misbehaved.....
>
>This is the code:
>
>$command="da te /T >>c:\\temp\\log .txt";
>system ($command);
>system ($command);[/color]

A CGI needs to return a content-type: header (possibly plus other
headers) followed by a blank line followed by the body. Where did
you output the headers?

Gordon L. Burditt

[Andy Hassall]

Re: CGI Error after exec or system in Windows

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 20:03:08 -0000, gordonb.75ov9@b urditt.org (Gordon Burditt)
wrote:
[color=blue]
>A CGI needs to return a content-type: header (possibly plus other
>headers) followed by a blank line followed by the body. Where did
>you output the headers?[/color]

Isn't the PHP CGI executable supposed to handle that for you? Could this imply
the OP is using the SAPI executable instead?
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