Running Exec from script

[dave914]

Hi, I can't seem to figure out why I'm having trouble running dos2unix using exec from my PHP script. When I SSH into my server and type the following from the command prompt, it works:

/usr/bin/dos2unix /path/to/myfile.txt

The double spacing is removed from the file and it works fine. But, when I use the following command in my PHP script:

exec("/usr/bin/dos2unix $name_of_file"); (where $name_of_file is the full path to the TXT file that I want converted)

It does NOT work. The file is not affected at all. I'm not sure what's going on. Someone please help! Thanks in advance.

[rachel2004]

The server may be running in safe_mode. Sometimes a web hosting company will allow you to have a php.ini file in your home directory. You should check for that. If you have it or can create it, you'll want a line that has safe_mode turned off.

[dave914]

Yeah, I thought that might be the problem too, but the server is not running in safe_mode.