writing .ps file through php

[nizharahmed]

Hi everybody,

We have been dealing with php and Apache server. We are php as interface to execute certain linux commands to get the out put.
we are using exec() funtion for executing these linux commands

When i am executing the linux command in telnet which will create .ps(postscript file) file as output. This .PS file contains some graphical representation.
If I execute same command through php its creating .PS file. But in that .PS file there is no graphical representation. Its totally blank. its not showing anything inside that .PS file.

In other case I execute some other command which creates data file as output. Its working properly and also it has data in side that particular file.

pls help me out in this. Wheather i have to enable something in php or Apache.

Pls reply

[Weedpacket]

Very unclear what the problem might be without seeing code, but here's a thought:

Can the process generating the .ps file direct its output to stdout? If it can, you could have PHP run the command so that it outputs to stdout, PHP can collect the .ps data, and then PHP would be able to write the .ps data into a file.

Of course, if the command isn't outputting the data at all when run from PHP, then it can't output it to stdout either.