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Bug #11365 Dup of #11243
Submitted: 2001-06-08 14:59 UTC Modified: 2001-06-11 10:08 UTC
From: flop dot m at usa dot net Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Program Execution
PHP Version: 4.0 Latest CVS (2001-06-08) OS: Windows 2000
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2001-06-08 14:59 UTC] flop dot m at usa dot net 
I can reproduce the same bugs using Win2K SP2, Apache 1.3.20 and the PHP snapshot of 2001/06/07. Apache is configured to use PHP module. From the snapshot, I replaced php.exe & php4ts.dll.

`dir` just crashes Apache as many times as you want;

exec("start notepad") & system("start notepad") print "Unable to fork";

exec("notepad") hangs Apache and a Notepad process can't be deleted from the task manager.

By the way, when those bugs are solved, will it be possible to launch a program like Word, Excel or Wordpad?

--Marecandja

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 [2001-06-09 00:06 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Could you please try a newer snapshot from zend.com?
This should be fixed now.

--Jani
 [2001-06-09 11:21 UTC] flop dot m at usa dot net 
From the page http://www.zend.com/zend/download-php.php
the link "Download Latest PHP 4.0 development snapshot." does NOT work.

And on page http://www.zend.com/snapshots/, latest snap is of 7th june!

Where can I DL the latest one?

--Marecandja
 [2001-06-09 16:13 UTC] sniper@php.net 
From Daniel Beulshausen:
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a command like "start" doesn't exists...
you can do exec exec("notepad"); 
tough i don't think this is very wise to do...
 [2001-06-11 10:08 UTC] flop dot m at usa dot net 
I've executed this script:

<?php
	exec("calc.exe");
?>

A new calc.exe process is started, but no window appears and IE keeps "opening" the script! I click on stop icon. The script is stopped, but the calc process is still there. I can't kill it, although I'm logged with Admin. privs.

Why is it impossible to run GUI apps ?
 [2001-06-11 10:08 UTC] flop dot m at usa dot net 
I've executed this script:

<?php
	exec("calc.exe");
?>

A new calc.exe process is started, but no window appears and IE keeps "opening" the script! I click on stop icon. The script is stopped, but the calc process is still there. I can't kill it, although I'm logged with Admin. privs.

Why is it impossible to run GUI apps ?
 
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