Exec on WinNT/Win2K

Anon

Hi,
I running PHP-Nuke and trying to develop a simple PHP-Nuke Module that will act as a front end to upload a PostScript file. Once the file is uploaded, the PHP script calls for exec() to run the pstoedit and GhostScript to convert into a dxf format. Here's the problem:

After the file is uploaded, the exec ran but stop for whatever reasons. The dxf file was created by the exec() command (so I know it works) but it did not complete the file creation. It stops after writing several lines of the text file.

$cmd = "c:/ghostgum/pstoedit/pstoedit.exe -f dxf c:/temp/test.ps c:/temp/test.dxf";
exec($cmd);

I have a server running on Win2K and the above command works. But with WinNT, it fails to complete writing the test.dxf file. Can anyone help or point me to somewhere?

Thanks and BRegards,
James

ogge1

have you checked for NTFS permissions If they're correct?

have you used like the operators end printed the result it gives you? AFIK exec() do not return anything that was outputed from the EXEC command..

/Fredrik

npereira

How did you get PHP-NUKE working on NT.... Ive been trying for 4 days now on NT and WIN98 with no success....

It works fine on my Unix box though!

Later!

Anon

Thanks for replying.

I checked the permission and it looks OK. Besides system permission, is there something else I need to set in WinNT?

My guess is that it has nothing to do with permission because the temp.dxf file was created and several lines was written. But for whatever reasons, after writing 60+ lines, the program stops. This only occures for WinNT but not Win2000.

It was as if a timeout occurred. But I have check to make sure that timeout in php.ini has plenty of time.

I have also tried different combination of ' ' operators but without any luck. I tried using system() but got the same results. I even tried PHPShell (http://www.gimpster.com/php/phpshell/index.php) but it returns the same result.

In short, I believe the exec() ran, the phptoedit.exe command ran, the input file was read in correctly and the output file was created. But when phptoedit.exe starts to write into the output file, after several lines later, it just stops.

Any suggestions?

BRegards,
James

Anon

For myself, setting up the PHP-Nuke v4.2 and v5 final went without any big problems. Unless you throw me some error messages or what you see on the screen, it is hard to imagine what is wrong.

Alternatively, you should try the http://www.nukesupport.com/ as there is quite a bunch of stuff there.

BRegards,
James