ID: 26566
User updated by: taomyn at hotmail dot com
Reported By: taomyn at hotmail dot com
Status: Open
Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Operating System: Windows 2000 and IIS 5
PHP Version: 4.3.4
New Comment:
Perhaps you could create a new function, or even add an extra optional
boolean parameter to EXEC() that would when "true" would not use
CMD.EXE?
E.g.
$no_cmd = true;
EXEC("c:\\winnt\\notepad.exe", $result, $status, $no_cmd);
This wouldn't break old code?
Previous Comments:
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[2003-12-09 16:50:48] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Because we use it as the shell to launch not only external processes,
but built-in commands such as dir that are not found in separate
binaries.
I can see the use, but can't see how to implement it without breaking
backwards compatibility.
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[2003-12-09 16:34:56] taomyn at hotmail dot com
Description:
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Why does EXEC() have to spawn an extra CMD.EXE when executing a
program?
For example, to execute NOTEPAD.EXE, WORDPAD.EXE, even ImageMagicks
CONVERT.EXE, when called with EXEC() causes a CMD.EXE process to
executed which then calls the program requested. It's not needed.
Please can we have a version of EXEC that does not use CMD.EXE?
It's not always needed and can cause major issues such as hanging
sessions and hanging web services. A prime example are users of Gallery
by http://gallery.menalto.com - many of their Windows users have this
issue which is why they do not "officially" support Windows when it
should work.
Thanks,
Taomyn
Reproduce code:
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Call any Windows program with EXEC() and you get a CMD.EXE process that
then calls the requested program.
E.g. exec("c:\\winnt\\notepad.exe",$result,$status);
Expected result:
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Only NOTEPAD.EXE should appear.
Actual result:
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"CMD.EXE /C NOTEPAD.EXE" and "NOTEPAD.EXE" appears in the process list
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