Re: [PHP-DB] executing system commands

2001-10-30 Thread B. PERRINE

Get a look at the PHP manual on www.php.net or mirror, 
annoted version, 
command : system,
there is a good example.

regards
B.

le jeu 25-10-2001 à 12:46, Ric Manalac a écrit :
 hi,
 
 i'm a newbiew php developer. i'm trying to
 execute a system command in one of my
 php scripts. what i would like to do is to
 create a directory. my code goes like this:
 
 // chunk of code starts here
 $directory = generate_sessionid();
 $command = mkdir /home/httpd/html/miroku/downloads/$directory;
 system($command, $dirsuccess);
 // chunk of code ends here
 
 generate_sessionid() is a function that
 generates a string that contains 16 random
 integers (0-9). i want to use that random string
 as the name of the directory that i'm creating.
 i checked php3.ini if safe mode is on but it is
 set to Off. thanks in advance!
 
 regards,
 
 ric
 
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[PHP-DB] executing system commands

2001-10-25 Thread Ric Manalac

hi,

i'm a newbiew php developer. i'm trying to
execute a system command in one of my
php scripts. what i would like to do is to
create a directory. my code goes like this:

// chunk of code starts here
$directory = generate_sessionid();
$command = mkdir /home/httpd/html/miroku/downloads/$directory;
system($command, $dirsuccess);
// chunk of code ends here

generate_sessionid() is a function that
generates a string that contains 16 random
integers (0-9). i want to use that random string
as the name of the directory that i'm creating.
i checked php3.ini if safe mode is on but it is
set to Off. thanks in advance!

regards,

ric

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RE: [PHP-DB] executing system commands

2001-10-25 Thread Rick Emery


Does your web-host permit you to execute system commands?  For system
security, most will not.

-Original Message-
From: Ric Manalac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 5:46 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP-DB] executing system commands


hi,

i'm a newbiew php developer. i'm trying to
execute a system command in one of my
php scripts. what i would like to do is to
create a directory. my code goes like this:

// chunk of code starts here
$directory = generate_sessionid();
$command = mkdir /home/httpd/html/miroku/downloads/$directory;
system($command, $dirsuccess);
// chunk of code ends here

generate_sessionid() is a function that
generates a string that contains 16 random
integers (0-9). i want to use that random string
as the name of the directory that i'm creating.
i checked php3.ini if safe mode is on but it is
set to Off. thanks in advance!

regards,

ric

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RE: [PHP-DB] executing system commands

2001-10-25 Thread Jonathan Hilgeman

Try to avoid system commands whenever you can and instead use PHP functions
when they're available. In this case, you can use the following function
mkdir:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mkdir.php

What is the problem you're having with that system command? The most
frequent problems stem from lack of permissions in a directory that you're
trying to manipulate. i.e. You try to add a file to a directory, but it gets
rejected mysteriously - the most likely cause is that the directory is owned
by someone else and you don't have write permissions. The other frequent
problem stems from not defining the path to a command, i.e.
system(mycommand); instead of system(/usr/bin/mycommand);

Hope this helps if you're having problems.

- Jonathan

-Original Message-
From: Ric Manalac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:46 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PHP-DB] executing system commands


hi,

i'm a newbiew php developer. i'm trying to
execute a system command in one of my
php scripts. what i would like to do is to
create a directory. my code goes like this:

// chunk of code starts here
$directory = generate_sessionid();
$command = mkdir /home/httpd/html/miroku/downloads/$directory;
system($command, $dirsuccess);
// chunk of code ends here

generate_sessionid() is a function that
generates a string that contains 16 random
integers (0-9). i want to use that random string
as the name of the directory that i'm creating.
i checked php3.ini if safe mode is on but it is
set to Off. thanks in advance!

regards,

ric

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