[PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
I have two programs on two servers, and they both have similar problems. In each one, I use 'exec' to call a helper program. In one case, it is ecasound, which I use to resample an mp3. In the other, it is convert, which creates a thumbnail of a very large image the user has uploaded. In both cases, the exec command fails. Not all the time, but some times. In both cases, the command that is being called by exec will work fine at the command line. I assume that there is some memory / resource limit that is being breached when this happens, but I don't know what it is, or how to tell php to allow my programs to run. Any ideas? -Ernst Schoen-Rene New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two programs on two servers, and they both have similar problems. In each one, I use 'exec' to call a helper program. In one case, it is ecasound, which I use to resample an mp3. In the other, it is convert, which creates a thumbnail of a very large image the user has uploaded. In both cases, the exec command fails. Not all the time, but some times. In both cases, the command that is being called by exec will work fine at the command line. I assume that there is some memory / resource limit that is being breached when this happens, but I don't know what it is, or how to tell php to allow my programs to run. Any ideas? Is it a disallowed function you your php.ini? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two programs on two servers, and they both have similar problems. In each one, I use 'exec' to call a helper program. In one case, it is ecasound, which I use to resample an mp3. In the other, it is convert, which creates a thumbnail of a very large image the user has uploaded. In both cases, the exec command fails. Not all the time, but some times. In both cases, the command that is being called by exec will work fine at the command line. I assume that there is some memory / resource limit that is being breached when this happens, but I don't know what it is, or how to tell php to allow my programs to run. Any ideas? Or is save mode on? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
Please reply to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, all of these things your are bringing up would cause the programs to NEVER work, not work some of the time or when the data they are processing is small. Depends on the install. My cli uses a different php.ini than the web one. Did you check permissions? Does the user which your web server is running as have execute permission on the app? On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two programs on two servers, and they both have similar problems. In each one, I use 'exec' to call a helper program. In one case, it is ecasound, which I use to resample an mp3. In the other, it is convert, which creates a thumbnail of a very large image the user has uploaded. In both cases, the exec command fails. Not all the time, but some times. In both cases, the command that is being called by exec will work fine at the command line. I assume that there is some memory / resource limit that is being breached when this happens, but I don't know what it is, or how to tell php to allow my programs to run. Any ideas? Or is save mode on? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
I don't want to crowd the list up with dead ends, so I was trying to
respond only to you.
I'm not calling a php program from exec, I'm calling ecasound and
convert. For example, in the php code:
exec(convert $internalpath/$filename -resize
{$thumbWidth}x{$thumbHeight} $internalpath/$thumbname, $out, $err);
doesn't always work, but with variables substituted on the command line:
bash:~ convert futon.jpg -resize 240x180 futon_thumb.jpg
will always work.
The same is true, on a different server, of my exec that calls ecasound,
an mp3 processing utility. Both of these could conceivably use a lot of
resources, which is why I think php is killing them off some of the time.
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote:
Please reply to the list.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, all of these things your are bringing up would cause the programs to
NEVER work, not work some of the time or when the data they are processing
is small.
Depends on the install. My cli uses a different php.ini than the web one.
Did you check permissions? Does the user which your web server is running as
have execute permission on the app?
On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have two programs on two servers, and they both have similar problems.
In each one, I use 'exec' to call a helper program. In one case, it is
ecasound, which I use to resample an mp3. In the other, it is convert,
which creates a thumbnail of a very large image the user has uploaded.
In both cases, the exec command fails. Not all the time, but some times.
In both cases, the command that is being called by exec will work fine at
the command line. I assume that there is some memory / resource limit
that is being breached when this happens, but I don't know what it is, or
how to tell php to allow my programs to run. Any ideas?
Or is save mode on?
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Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't want to crowd the list up with dead ends, so I was trying to
respond only to you.
snip
You'll get more chances at finding the solution to this with the list's
eyes on it rather than just myself. Plus, it provides an archive of the
problem and the (if we find it) solution to the next person who comes along.
/snip
I'm not calling a php program from exec, I'm calling ecasound and
convert. For example, in the php code:
snip
Understood, but if the web server doesn't have permission to execute the
app, it won't.
/snip
exec(convert $internalpath/$filename -resize
{$thumbWidth}x{$thumbHeight} $internalpath/$thumbname, $out, $err);
doesn't always work, but with variables substituted on the command line:
snip
Are you sure that the variables have value, and it is the value you
want? What is stored in $err when you try to execute this? Echo that
out, and it may tell you exactly what's going wrong.
/snip
bash:~ convert futon.jpg -resize 240x180 futon_thumb.jpg
will always work.
The same is true, on a different server, of my exec that calls ecasound,
an mp3 processing utility. Both of these could conceivably use a lot of
resources, which is why I think php is killing them off some of the time.
snip
Try increasing the memory limit in your script with ini_set.
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Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
If the web server didn't have permission to execute the app, it would
NEVER execute the app, not execute it some of the time. In fact, it
ALWAYS executes the app, it just doesn't always allow it to finish.
I log all attempts to run these apps in order to debug, so I know that
the command as passed from php will work in the command line. I copy and
paste the command from the log and it runs, even though it didn't complete
execution when called from php.
I have increased several parameters in php.ini, including memory limit
and allowed execution time. Nothing has helped. The only thing that
helps is if I wrap the app I want to run in a perl script and call the
perl script from php. That works more of the time, though it still often
breaks.
On
Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't want to crowd the list up with dead ends, so I was trying to
respond only to you.
snip
You'll get more chances at finding the solution to this with the list's eyes
on it rather than just myself. Plus, it provides an archive of the problem
and the (if we find it) solution to the next person who comes along.
/snip
I'm not calling a php program from exec, I'm calling ecasound and
convert. For example, in the php code:
snip
Understood, but if the web server doesn't have permission to execute the app,
it won't.
/snip
exec(convert $internalpath/$filename -resize {$thumbWidth}x{$thumbHeight}
$internalpath/$thumbname, $out, $err);
doesn't always work, but with variables substituted on the command line:
snip
Are you sure that the variables have value, and it is the value you want?
What is stored in $err when you try to execute this? Echo that out, and it
may tell you exactly what's going wrong.
/snip
bash:~ convert futon.jpg -resize 240x180 futon_thumb.jpg
will always work.
The same is true, on a different server, of my exec that calls ecasound, an
mp3 processing utility. Both of these could conceivably use a lot of
resources, which is why I think php is killing them off some of the time.
snip
Try increasing the memory limit in your script with ini_set.
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Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the web server didn't have permission to execute the app, it would NEVER execute the app, not execute it some of the time. In fact, it ALWAYS executes the app, it just doesn't always allow it to finish. I log all attempts to run these apps in order to debug, so I know that the command as passed from php will work in the command line. I copy and paste the command from the log and it runs, even though it didn't complete execution when called from php. What do the logs say?? I have increased several parameters in php.ini, including memory limit and allowed execution time. Nothing has helped. The only thing that helps is if I wrap the app I want to run in a perl script and call the perl script from php. That works more of the time, though it still often breaks. Maybe the problem's not php but Apache (or whatever webserver you're using), as it has limits in place for these items too. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
the logs say things like: /kunden/homepages/12/d117065027/htdocs/software/ImageMagick-6.2.3/utilities/convert ib_images/Other_Spices_Basic_004.jpg -resize 180x120 ib_images/Other_Spices_Basic_004_thumb.jpg this is a command I'm trying to get php to run. I then cut and paste it to the command line, and it works fine. the paths are fine too, otherwise it would never run, not run some of the time. Can you give me an example of an apache directive that would restrict php? On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the web server didn't have permission to execute the app, it would NEVER execute the app, not execute it some of the time. In fact, it ALWAYS executes the app, it just doesn't always allow it to finish. I log all attempts to run these apps in order to debug, so I know that the command as passed from php will work in the command line. I copy and paste the command from the log and it runs, even though it didn't complete execution when called from php. What do the logs say?? I have increased several parameters in php.ini, including memory limit and allowed execution time. Nothing has helped. The only thing that helps is if I wrap the app I want to run in a perl script and call the perl script from php. That works more of the time, though it still often breaks. Maybe the problem's not php but Apache (or whatever webserver you're using), as it has limits in place for these items too. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the logs say things like: /kunden/homepages/12/d117065027/htdocs/software/ImageMagick-6.2.3/utilities/convert ib_images/Other_Spices_Basic_004.jpg -resize 180x120 ib_images/Other_Spices_Basic_004_thumb.jpg this is a command I'm trying to get php to run. I then cut and paste it to the command line, and it works fine. the paths are fine too, otherwise it would never run, not run some of the time. Can you give me an example of an apache directive that would restrict php? Timeout On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the web server didn't have permission to execute the app, it would NEVER execute the app, not execute it some of the time. In fact, it ALWAYS executes the app, it just doesn't always allow it to finish. I log all attempts to run these apps in order to debug, so I know that the command as passed from php will work in the command line. I copy and paste the command from the log and it runs, even though it didn't complete execution when called from php. What do the logs say?? I have increased several parameters in php.ini, including memory limit and allowed execution time. Nothing has helped. The only thing that helps is if I wrap the app I want to run in a perl script and call the perl script from php. That works more of the time, though it still often breaks. Maybe the problem's not php but Apache (or whatever webserver you're using), as it has limits in place for these items too. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
timeout isn't being used on either of these machines, and as far as I read it, the timeout directive would make the web server fail, producing an apache error or some strange behaviour on the client end. Neither of these happens, the php script completes normally, but the exec command (and only these exec commands, I'm using others in the script that work fine) doesn't always complete. Even if timeout was set to its normal default of 300 seconds, this all happens way before 300 seconds have passed. The whole process takes about 20 or 30 seconds. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the logs say things like: /kunden/homepages/12/d117065027/htdocs/software/ImageMagick-6.2.3/utilities/convert ib_images/Other_Spices_Basic_004.jpg -resize 180x120 ib_images/Other_Spices_Basic_004_thumb.jpg this is a command I'm trying to get php to run. I then cut and paste it to the command line, and it works fine. the paths are fine too, otherwise it would never run, not run some of the time. Can you give me an example of an apache directive that would restrict php? Timeout On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the web server didn't have permission to execute the app, it would NEVER execute the app, not execute it some of the time. In fact, it ALWAYS executes the app, it just doesn't always allow it to finish. I log all attempts to run these apps in order to debug, so I know that the command as passed from php will work in the command line. I copy and paste the command from the log and it runs, even though it didn't complete execution when called from php. What do the logs say?? I have increased several parameters in php.ini, including memory limit and allowed execution time. Nothing has helped. The only thing that helps is if I wrap the app I want to run in a perl script and call the perl script from php. That works more of the time, though it still often breaks. Maybe the problem's not php but Apache (or whatever webserver you're using), as it has limits in place for these items too. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: timeout isn't being used on either of these machines, and as far as I read it, the timeout directive would make the web server fail, producing an apache error or some strange behaviour on the client end. Neither of How is timeout _not_ being used? It's a core directive. If the timeout is reached, the thread dies, along with anything running with it. these happens, the php script completes normally, but the exec command (and only these exec commands, I'm using others in the script that work fine) doesn't always complete. Even if timeout was set to its normal default of 300 seconds, this all happens way before 300 seconds have passed. The whole process takes about 20 or 30 seconds. Just to make sure I'm understanding you, you're hitting the php page in a browser, right? Like you're going to http://www.yourhost.com/page.php where page.php contains somthing like... ?php exec ( '/path/myapp', $out, $res ); ? Right? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
as I said, the default timout is 300 seconds, a lot longer than my program takes to run, and I am pretty certain that if timeout were triggered, I'd see it in the client. Yeah, I'm using a browser on the php page, and everything seems to function fine from the browser to the server, it's after the server gets the uploaded file and begins to play with it that things become weird. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: timeout isn't being used on either of these machines, and as far as I read it, the timeout directive would make the web server fail, producing an apache error or some strange behaviour on the client end. Neither of How is timeout _not_ being used? It's a core directive. If the timeout is reached, the thread dies, along with anything running with it. these happens, the php script completes normally, but the exec command (and only these exec commands, I'm using others in the script that work fine) doesn't always complete. Even if timeout was set to its normal default of 300 seconds, this all happens way before 300 seconds have passed. The whole process takes about 20 or 30 seconds. Just to make sure I'm understanding you, you're hitting the php page in a browser, right? Like you're going to http://www.yourhost.com/page.php where page.php contains somthing like... ?php exec ( '/path/myapp', $out, $res ); ? Right? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as I said, the default timout is 300 seconds, a lot longer than my program takes to run, and I am pretty certain that if timeout were triggered, I'd see it in the client. Yeah, I'm using a browser on the php page, and everything seems to function fine from the browser to the server, it's after the server gets the uploaded file and begins to play with it that things become weird. What's the output of... $output = shell_exec ( '/path/to/your/app' ); echo ( pre . $output . /pre ); ...when it doesn't work? On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: timeout isn't being used on either of these machines, and as far as I read it, the timeout directive would make the web server fail, producing an apache error or some strange behaviour on the client end. Neither of How is timeout _not_ being used? It's a core directive. If the timeout is reached, the thread dies, along with anything running with it. these happens, the php script completes normally, but the exec command (and only these exec commands, I'm using others in the script that work fine) doesn't always complete. Even if timeout was set to its normal default of 300 seconds, this all happens way before 300 seconds have passed. The whole process takes about 20 or 30 seconds. Just to make sure I'm understanding you, you're hitting the php page in a browser, right? Like you're going to http://www.yourhost.com/page.php where page.php contains somthing like... ?php exec ( '/path/myapp', $out, $res ); ? Right? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
convert doesn't produce any output regardless of whether it works or not. Ecasound produces output when it works, but when it doesn't, it produces no output. Using php tricks to capture standard error also produces no output. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: as I said, the default timout is 300 seconds, a lot longer than my program takes to run, and I am pretty certain that if timeout were triggered, I'd see it in the client. Yeah, I'm using a browser on the php page, and everything seems to function fine from the browser to the server, it's after the server gets the uploaded file and begins to play with it that things become weird. What's the output of... $output = shell_exec ( '/path/to/your/app' ); echo ( pre . $output . /pre ); ...when it doesn't work? On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: timeout isn't being used on either of these machines, and as far as I read it, the timeout directive would make the web server fail, producing an apache error or some strange behaviour on the client end. Neither of How is timeout _not_ being used? It's a core directive. If the timeout is reached, the thread dies, along with anything running with it. these happens, the php script completes normally, but the exec command (and only these exec commands, I'm using others in the script that work fine) doesn't always complete. Even if timeout was set to its normal default of 300 seconds, this all happens way before 300 seconds have passed. The whole process takes about 20 or 30 seconds. Just to make sure I'm understanding you, you're hitting the php page in a browser, right? Like you're going to http://www.yourhost.com/page.php where page.php contains somthing like... ?php exec ( '/path/myapp', $out, $res ); ? Right? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: convert doesn't produce any output regardless of whether it works or not. Ecasound produces output when it works, but when it doesn't, it produces no output. Using php tricks to capture standard error also produces no output. Hopefully somebody else on the list can help. Without any output/error messages, it's kind of hard to know what the problem is. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
You're telling me. That's why I think php or apache kills it. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, John Nichel wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: convert doesn't produce any output regardless of whether it works or not. Ecasound produces output when it works, but when it doesn't, it produces no output. Using php tricks to capture standard error also produces no output. Hopefully somebody else on the list can help. Without any output/error messages, it's kind of hard to know what the problem is. -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're telling me. That's why I think php or apache kills it. I didn't really follow this, but typically you can debug exec problems from the command line by switching to the web server user id and running the exact same command. -Rasmus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
Yes, but that's been done. Since these are shared servers, on one I am logged in as the user the web server is running as, on the other I can't su to nobody, but were there permissions errors, I would have been able to capture them. If permissions caused this, it would fail every time, since I'm always writing to the same directory. Instead it only fails some of the time. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're telling me. That's why I think php or apache kills it. I didn't really follow this, but typically you can debug exec problems from the command line by switching to the web server user id and running the exact same command. -Rasmus New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
I am assuming that you get hold of the file through uploading it, correct? So, when it fails maybe another upload (i.e. script invocation) is happening and the previous file gets lost/corrupted/whatever. Try to move the file to another dir (maybe /tmp) with a random name and see what happens. Anyway, I think that this kind of thing should really be delegated to a cronjob. -Stathis On Wednesday 21 September 2005 20:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, but that's been done. Since these are shared servers, on one I am logged in as the user the web server is running as, on the other I can't su to nobody, but were there permissions errors, I would have been able to capture them. If permissions caused this, it would fail every time, since I'm always writing to the same directory. Instead it only fails some of the time. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're telling me. That's why I think php or apache kills it. I didn't really follow this, but typically you can debug exec problems from the command line by switching to the web server user id and running the exact same command. -Rasmus New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
php places uploaded files in the /tmp directory with a unique name, and when I copy them to my directory, I also guarantee a unique name for them. I have verified that this is all working. I've patched this with a cron job that runs every minute, but it really should happen in php, so that the user can get immediate feedback on how the thumbnail looks or how the mp3 file sounds. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, rouvas wrote: I am assuming that you get hold of the file through uploading it, correct? So, when it fails maybe another upload (i.e. script invocation) is happening and the previous file gets lost/corrupted/whatever. Try to move the file to another dir (maybe /tmp) with a random name and see what happens. Anyway, I think that this kind of thing should really be delegated to a cronjob. -Stathis On Wednesday 21 September 2005 20:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, but that's been done. Since these are shared servers, on one I am logged in as the user the web server is running as, on the other I can't su to nobody, but were there permissions errors, I would have been able to capture them. If permissions caused this, it would fail every time, since I'm always writing to the same directory. Instead it only fails some of the time. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You're telling me. That's why I think php or apache kills it. I didn't really follow this, but typically you can debug exec problems from the command line by switching to the web server user id and running the exact same command. -Rasmus New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
did you tried to run the script from the shell as www-data user ? (if not su www-data) an then run the script may be something regarding permission hth 2005/9/21, John Nichel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two programs on two servers, and they both have similar problems. In each one, I use 'exec' to call a helper program. In one case, it is ecasound, which I use to resample an mp3. In the other, it is convert, which creates a thumbnail of a very large image the user has uploaded. In both cases, the exec command fails. Not all the time, but some times. In both cases, the command that is being called by exec will work fine at the command line. I assume that there is some memory / resource limit that is being breached when this happens, but I don't know what it is, or how to tell php to allow my programs to run. Any ideas? Or is save mode on? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] exec command fails in php, works in the command line
yeah, if you look at the thread you will see that I've already done this. On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, adriano ghezzi wrote: did you tried to run the script from the shell as www-data user ? (if not su www-data) an then run the script may be something regarding permission hth 2005/9/21, John Nichel [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two programs on two servers, and they both have similar problems. In each one, I use 'exec' to call a helper program. In one case, it is ecasound, which I use to resample an mp3. In the other, it is convert, which creates a thumbnail of a very large image the user has uploaded. In both cases, the exec command fails. Not all the time, but some times. In both cases, the command that is being called by exec will work fine at the command line. I assume that there is some memory / resource limit that is being breached when this happens, but I don't know what it is, or how to tell php to allow my programs to run. Any ideas? Or is save mode on? -- John C. Nichel ÜberGeek KegWorks.com 716.856.9675 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php New Disorder Records - ten years of something: Coming soon, new Power Struggle CD. * Free Email with 5 megs, no ads * Internet Radio Station - upload your music, we'll put it in rotation * 100's of CDs for sale * videos, message board, byofl http://www.newdisorder.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
