PHP :: Bug #13045 :: PHP crashes when it can't find the *.exe or other binary specified within ``'s

Bug #13045	PHP crashes when it can't find the *.exe or other binary specified within ``'s
Submitted:	2001-08-29 17:10 UTC	Modified:	2001-08-30 09:03 UTC
From:	saturn at dotslashsaturn dot org	Assigned:
Status:	Closed	Package:	Reproducible crash
PHP Version:	4.0.6	OS:	Windows ME (kernel 4.9.3000)
Private report:	No	CVE-ID:	None

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[2001-08-29 17:10 UTC] saturn at dotslashsaturn dot org

using `proname -option -etc` (where progname is any executable, such as PING) in PHP, you can run a program and parse it's output with a PHP script

on Windows 9x, when the program isn't found (either a bad link or it just plain doesn't exist), PHP crashes.

I can reproduce this error on Windows ME, kernel 4.9.3000 (the final release of win ME -- not a beta or anything goofy like that)

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[2001-08-29 17:11 UTC] saturn at dotslashsaturn dot org

also note: using Apache 1.3.20 Win32

[2001-08-30 06:48 UTC] sander@php.net

Reproduced with Windows 2000 Professional, PHP-4.0.6 and Apache 1.3.20 (running PHP as an Apache module).

A simple script:
<?php
echo `c:\crashtest.exe`;
?>
If you run PHP from te commandline, the following output IS generated:
Warning: Unable to execute 'c:\crashtest.exe' in crashtest.php on line 2

Changing the backslash to \\ or / has no effect.

On Linux (tested with Debian, Potato), trying to execute a non-existant file produces no output, and no error... strange...

[2001-08-30 09:03 UTC] dbeu@php.net

this should be fixed in 4.0.7rc1, please try http://www.php4win.com/~daniel/php-4.0.7rc1-win32.zip
reopen if the problem still occurs.

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