problem calling external program from php

[gaucho]

Hello all,
have a little problem with exec/passthru or similar.
I need to open an email-client from php to send an email.
One would now ask why not use a normal phpmailer.
It is only for use on my personal computer, and if needed I need to be able to change some input before sending the mail.
The Client is KMail on SUSE 9.1.
This is the piece of code I used to try launching KMail (from shell it works perfect).

$cmd = "./opt/kde3/bin/kmail";
  $cmd .= " --composer";
  if(!empty($recipient))
  $cmd .= " ".$recipient;

  $cmd .= " --subject Some subject";
  $cmd .= " --body Some Message for the recipient";
  $cmd .= " --attach /temp/thisfile.zip";

  passthru($cmd, $ret)

Shell accessibility seems not to be the problem because I have another program that I call from a php-script and it works with no probs.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Best regards

gaucho

[kubis]

gaucho wrote:

The Client is KMail on SUSE 9.1.

so far i know kmail is an applicationthat requires running xserver. if you dont have a running xserver, it should not start. anyway, running an x-based application from php is insane i think

[gaucho]

Hello kubis,
thanks, but kde & xserver are running, if not it wouldn't work calling KMail directly from the command line in a terminal window.
And why is it insane? Post an alternative.

It is only for use on my personal computer, and if needed I need to be able to change some input before sending the mail.

I'm running a php-application I've written myself, and this is one special need to make my life a little simpler.

Best regards

gaucho