[ILUG] PHP Question - exec()

[Kae Verens]

Pangurban wrote:

>I have
>Fedora Core 3
>PHP Version 4.3.9
>Apache/2.0.52 (Fedora)
>
>Safe Mode is Off
>
>A little script using the php exec() function
>
>when run as root as in
>[.root at machine]php test.php
>produces the desired result
>
>when run as a user
>[user at machine] php test.php
>produces the same result
>
>but when run in a browser
>
>http://machine/test.php
>or
>http://localhost/test.php
>
>produces the result of the other php commands in test.php
>but not the result of the exec() command
>
>
>Any ideas anyone?
>  
>

could be that root and the user have the required command in the $PATH, 
but the apache user does not.

try calling the command with the full address
eg:
exec('/usr/bin/du'); instead of exec('du');

also, try using the system() command, and even try using the backticks 
(``) method.

Kae