why is which not working?

[yusuf]

Hi,

I uploaded the following file to my site:

<?php
header("Content-type: text/plain");

echo "latex is at: ";
system("which latex");

echo "ls is at: ";
system("which ls");

echo "convert is at: ";
system("which convert");

echo "gs is at: ";
system("which gs");

?>

and none of the paths are being printed out, only the echo statements
are... I would think atleast ls should show up? Execute permissions
have been given to it too.

[Kimmo Laine]

Re: why is which not working?

"yusuf" <yusufm@gmail.c omwrote in message
news:1159334679 .095427.9430@i4 2g2000cwa.googl egroups.com...

Hi,
>
I uploaded the following file to my site:
>
<?php
header("Content-type: text/plain");
>
echo "latex is at: ";
system("which latex");
>
echo "ls is at: ";
system("which ls");
>
echo "convert is at: ";
system("which convert");
>
echo "gs is at: ";
system("which gs");
>
?>
>
and none of the paths are being printed out, only the echo statements
are... I would think atleast ls should show up? Execute permissions
have been given to it too.

Are system/exec/passthru allowed on your php? Do you get any output from any
command, say ls or uptime or something else rather trivial?

Also try something like this for debugging:

$output = system('ls', $return_val)
var_dump($outpu t); // This will be boolean false on failure
var_dump($retur n_val); // This will contain the return status of the command


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[yusuf]

Re: why is which not working?

Also try something like this for debugging:

>
$output = system('ls', $return_val)
var_dump($outpu t); // This will be boolean false on failure
var_dump($retur n_val); // This will contain the return status of the command

They are printing out:

NULL
NULL

thanks.

[Kimmo Laine]

Re: why is which not working?

"yusuf" <yusufm@gmail.c omwrote in message
news:1159340135 .258673.299180@ e3g2000cwe.goog legroups.com...

>Also try something like this for debugging:
>>
>$output = system('ls', $return_val)
>var_dump($outp ut); // This will be boolean false on failure
>var_dump($retu rn_val); // This will contain the return status of the
>command

>
They are printing out:
>
NULL
NULL

Huh, it would seem like system function is disabled, since it returns
absolutely nothing. It's a configuration issue, so which propably works just
fine, php just can't access it cos it's not allowed.

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