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Bug #48729 proc_open doesn't read from stdin
Submitted: 2009-06-30 03:35 UTC Modified: 2009-07-07 16:57 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:5.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
Same Version:1 (100.0%)
Same OS:1 (100.0%)
From: kripper at imatronix dot cl Assigned: pajoye (profile)
Status: Not a bug Package: Streams related
PHP Version: 5.2.10 OS: Windows XP SP3
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2009-06-30 03:35 UTC] kripper at imatronix dot cl 
Description:
------------
proc_open() doesn't read from stdin, when running PHP from console.
Reproduce code works on PHP 5.1.2.
popen works, but seems not to be suited for running interactive shell commands from PHP.
Console scripts trying to run interactive commands will fail.

Reproduce code:
---------------
	$espec_descriptor = array(
	   0 => fopen('php://stdin', 'r'),
	   1 => fopen('php://stdout', 'w'),
	   2 => array("file", "C:\\error-output.txt", "a")
	);

	$cmd = "<any command reading from stdin, for example: plink.exe>";

	$process = proc_open($cmd, $espec_descriptor, $pipes);
	
	if (is_resource($process)) {
		set_time_limit(0);
		return proc_close($process);
	} else {
		return -1;
	}

Expected result:
----------------
proc_open() should run the command and allow it to read from stdin.

Actual result:
--------------
Commands fail to read from stdin and close inmediatly.

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 [2009-06-30 05:16 UTC] kripper3 at hotmail dot com 
HINT for reproducing:

1) Download plink.exe (http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/plink.exe) to C:\ for testing a command which expects stdin.

2) Copy this script to C:\test.php

---
<?
$espec_descriptor = array(
   0 => fopen('php://stdin', 'r'),
   1 => fopen('php://stdout', 'w'),
   2 => array("file", "C:\\error-output.txt", "a")
);

$cmd = "C:\\plink.exe root@hostifex.com";

$process = proc_open($cmd, $espec_descriptor, $pipes);

if (is_resource($process)) {
	echo "The command was supposed to prompt the password (it works on 5.1.2)\n";
	proc_close($process);
} else {
	echo "Trivial Error. Please check your setup for reproducing the problem.\n";
}
?>
---

3) Execute in DOS Shell:

C:\PHP\php-cgi.exe C:\test.php

4) A prompt reading from stdin is expected (but fails con 5.2.x).
It works with: http://museum.php.net/php5/php-5.1.2-Win32.zip

5) Check the C:\error-output.txt if you get other results.

6) (Cleaning) Delete C:\Test.php and C:\error-output.txt.

Thanks.
 [2009-06-30 07:52 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
Please try using this CVS snapshot:

  http://snaps.php.net/php5.3-latest.tar.gz
 
For Windows:

  http://windows.php.net/snapshots/
 [2009-07-03 16:19 UTC] kripper3 at hotmail dot com 
Tested on PHP 5.3 (5.3.1-dev) (CVS), released 2009-Jul-03 17:00:00.
proc_open() is still not able to read from stdin on windows, when running PHP from a DOS shell.
 [2009-07-03 16:22 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
Please try using CLI, not cgi.
 [2009-07-07 16:48 UTC] kripper3 at hotmail dot com 
It works on 5.3 (CVS), only with php.exe.
Thanks.
 [2009-07-07 16:57 UTC] pajoye@php.net 
there is no such thing as stdin in other SAPI. It is implemented (fixed) only in CLI.
 
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