Problem making system calls with PHP scripts

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I have the following PHP script:

<?php
  $fortune = `fortune`;
  echo $fortune;
?>

but the output is simply blank (no visible errors thrown).

However, if I run php -a, it works:

php > echo `fortune`;
Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
        -- Mark Twain
php >

Am I missing a config directive or something that would cause this?

Edit: So, I tried running my script using $ php-cgi fortunetest.php and it worked as expected. Maybe the issue is with Apache2?

Problem making system calls with PHP scripts

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Published on 2010-03-08T00:16:27Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 5:21 UTC
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I have the following PHP script:

<?php
  $fortune = `fortune`;
  echo $fortune;
?>

but the output is simply blank (no visible errors thrown).

However, if I run php -a, it works:

php > echo `fortune`;
Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
        -- Mark Twain
php >

Am I missing a config directive or something that would cause this?

Edit: So, I tried running my script using $ php-cgi fortunetest.php and it worked as expected. Maybe the issue is with Apache2?

Problem making system calls with PHP scripts

Posted by mazin k. on Super User See other posts from Super User or by mazin k.
Published on 2010-03-08T00:16:27Z Indexed on 2010/03/08 0:32 UTC
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Filed under:

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I have the following PHP script:

<?php
  $fortune = `fortune`;
  echo $fortune;
?>

but the output is simply blank (no visible errors thrown).

However, if I run php -a, it works:

php > echo `fortune`;
Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
        -- Mark Twain
php >

Am I missing a config directive or something that would cause this?

Edit: So, I tried running my script using $ php-cgi fortunetest.php and it worked as expected. Maybe the issue is with Apache2?

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