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Bug #28299 system() unexpect behaviour
Submitted: 2004-05-06 14:07 UTC Modified: 2004-05-06 17:27 UTC
From: jon at moozaad dot co dot uk Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Unknown/Other Function
PHP Version: 4.3.4 OS: BSD Apache 1.3.29
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2004-05-06 14:07 UTC] jon at moozaad dot co dot uk 
Description:
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Non-string passed in system() call. I was expecting it to spit out an error. I didn't notice until I went to add switches to the command.

Same behaviour with exec().
I expect it to be a language syntax problem.

Just incase you're missed it, theres no "" '' `` or $ on the front or around the first argument.

Reproduce code:
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<? echo "<br>::".system(quota)."::<br>"; ?>

Expected result:
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a warning/error, argument is invalid

Actual result:
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Disk quotas for user wargames (uid 1009): Filesystem usage quota limit grace files quota limit grace /usr 55580 102400 102400 1167 0 0 
:: /usr 55580 102400 102400 1167 0 0::

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 [2004-05-06 14:41 UTC] wez@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
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a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

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 [2004-05-06 17:27 UTC] derick@php.net 
Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself.  For a
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visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the
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Thank you for your interest in PHP.

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