PHP - Shell_exec() Madness... [mod Edit: Was Start_exec()]

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I'm trying to call a command using shell_exec by doing the following-

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shell_exec("C:\\myprogram.exe -t")or die('error');


but that doesn't work, as it returns 'error'.  The command "C:\\myprogram.exe -t" works perfect when i call it myself using the cmd.exe but not when i try using it in php with shell_exec.  Safe mode is off and i'm using apache as my php webserver.  Does anyone know what the problem is here and if not then is there any other ways of executing myprogram.exe in php?

In the browser when I open the file I  need to see the output of the ifconfig linux command on the server.

This is the index.php

<?
$iplist = shell_exec("ifconfig");
print "<pre>$iplist</pre>";
?>

but when I open the index.php in a browser I can see only the first couple of lines, nothing more. Can someone help me what to do?

The strange thing is when I run the index.php from the command line with "php index.html" it shows the correct result.

Any help..?

Thanks,

I am using shell_exec, and it runs a ping on a server, is there any way to flush the buffer of the shell_exec as the data is getting written to the buffer?

Because I sometimes ping a site 10 times and nothing get written until the function finishes, so is there anyway to write out the output as soon as it is available?

btw, this isn't only for doing a ping it is for other things as well.

Hi guys,

I'm running the following code:
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$result = shell_exec("su user; scp /path/to/file/text.txt  user@domain:/path/to/file/text.txt");
Now, the file get's transferred correctly.
However, I need to put in place a check to check if the transfer was successful.

$result seems to return the same whether the transfer was successful or not.

I want to send an email to state whether the file transfer was successful so what do I need to do to check this?

Thanks!

Hello all,

I am using a shell_exec command like the one below:

$output = shell_exec('c:\powershell\powershell.exe get-service');
echo($output);

However, when launching the page, the browser will hang with the hour-glass. If i end the powershell.exe process on the web server via task manager, the browser then returns the expected output.

Any idea why this is? Other commands, like ipconfig return the correct output and the browser displays "Done" in the bottom left.

Any help appreciated.

Andrew

Debian 5
PHP 5.2.6-1

This script works:

       <?
      $output = shell_exec('ls -lart');
      echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
      ?>



This script doesn't work:
      <?
      $vars=unserialize(file_get_contents("file.txt"));
      $output = shell_exec('ls -lart');
      echo "<pre>$output</pre>";
      ?>


I get error:
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Warning: shell_exec(): Unable to execute 'ls -lart'

or
Warning: system(): Unable to fork [ls -lart]

If file.txt has size 500k, the script works without errors.
But my file file.txt has size 30M.

Help.

if(isset($_POST['clearflags'])){ 
   $output = shell_exec('php clearflags.php'); 
}

The above works fine on my local development server running Debian 10, PHP 7.4 and Apache 2.4.25. clearflags.php is a script that clears various fields in a MySQL database so it's easy to determine if it properly ran or not.

On my hosted server however (Bluehost), clearflags.php is never executed. My hosting service swears that SAFE MODE is not on in PHP (which is also Version 7.4). If I call from the command line (php clearflags.php), it runs fine.

$output on the hosted server is "Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 " but nothing on my local server where the script is called and runs OK. No entry appears in the error log about this

I've also tried using exec() with the same failed result

Running phpinfo() on the hosted server shows that disabled_functions are "no value"

Thoughts?

Edited October 11, 2020 by KenHorse

hello mates,

I am needing help on editing a line in Flat File Database.

I got it to pull the data i need out by using id but not sure on how i would go about getting it to update the FFD

heres what i got so far


$id2 = $_REQUEST['id'];

 $id = array();
 $username = array();
 $title = array();
 $date = array();
 $message = array();
$lines = file('../news/news.db'); 
foreach($lines as $line){ 
if($id != $id2) {
    $explode = explode("||",$line);
$id = $explode[0]; 
    $username = $explode[1];
$title = $explode[2];
$date = $explode[3];
$message = $explode[4];
} 
}
?>
      <form action="edit_news2.php?id=<?php echo $id; ?>" method="post" name="editnews">
        <table width="100%">
  <tr><td><input name="id" value="<?php echo "$id;" ?>" type="hidden" />UserName:</td><td> <input name="userName" value="<?php echo "$username" ?>" type="text" readonly="true"  /></td></tr>
          <tr><td>News Title:</td><td> <input name="title" type="text" value="<?php echo "$title"; ?>" /></td></tr>
          <tr><td>Date/Time:</td><td> <input name="datetime" value="<?php echo "$date"; ?>" type="text" readonly="true" /></td></tr>
          <tr><td colspan="2">Message:</td></tr>
  <tr><td colspan="2"><textarea name="message" cols="50" rows="15"><?php echo "$message"; ?></textarea></td></tr>
          <tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" name="submitBtn" value="Post News" /></td></tr>
        </table>
      </form>



thank you
Valkeri2010

I'm using php edit function to edit an php file online. I think the portion that writing the file is below. My issue is that wherever there's a quote ("), it's automatically adding a slash (\). For example, if I had class="abc", it changes to class=\"abc\". How do I fix this?

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<?php

$file = $_GET['f'];
$script = $_POST['script'];
      if($file&&$script) {
      $fp=fopen($file, "w");
      fwrite($fp,$script);
      fclose($fp);
   }
?>

hey guys i have an array but want to add "n." infront of each key value...example
n.news_id, n.user_id etc...is there a simple way/function of doing it other than changing the values through a loop?
 
Array
(
    [news] => Array
        (
            => news_id [1] => user_id
            [2] => news
            [3] => date
            [4] => time
        )
)

Hi all,

I don't know if it is possible but i need to edit one word document, write the name of the customer in it, but at the right place and print it from a php form.

The user write in that php form the customer id and if he exists, the system should modify the word template and print it. Do you think this is possible and if so how can i do that?

Thanks in advance.

Hugo

ok I have text files with my logins to my emails and such..

Well I have this script to prepare the logins for another script

the files with the logins are in this format

email pass
email pass
email pass
email pass

$filename = 'text.txt';
$file = file($filename); 
$begin = "$";
foreach($file as $b){ 
list($email,$password) = explode(" ",$b);
  $emails[] = $begin."header[]=get_header('".$email."','".$password."');";} 
  file_put_contents($filename,implode($emails));  
  echo "Text file edited";
  sleep(5);

Is what I am using to get the email and password in this format

$header[]=get_header('email','pass');

but it is putting it like this


$header[]=get_header('email','pass
');
$header[]=get_header('email','pass
');
$header[]=get_header('email','pass
');
$header[]=get_header('email','pass
');
$header[]=get_header('email','pass

Why is it putting '); on a new line?

 I need it to be right behind the password so it looks like this


$header[]=get_header('email','pass');
$header[]=get_header('email','pass');
$header[]=get_header('email','pass');
$header[]=get_header('email','pass');
$header[]=get_header('email','pass');

any ideas? Thanks

Ok I have a file with my emails and passwords like this

email:pass
email:pass
email:pass
email:pass

and so on..

Is it possible to make a script that will delete everything after the ":" and replace the ":" with a comma?

Im not sure what functions or w/e I could use to make this possible?
Any ideas? Thanks

Hi can anyone please help me, I have to create a edit page that retrieves information from a list so that a user can change the text. The page looks fine but when I enter data in the fields and update it leaves the page as it was retrieved.
I am a beginner! My code looks like this:

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<form method = "get" action = "edit.php">
<?php

  //check to see if user is logged on
  session_start();
  if (!(isset($_SESSION['login']) && $_SESSION['login'] != "")) {
   header ("Location:login.php");
  }

  include('connect.php');  //connection details to database in a connect.php page
  
  $product_id = $_GET['product_id'];
  
  $query = "SELECT * FROM products WHERE product_id = '$product_id'";
  $result = mysql_query($query);
  
  while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
  $product_id = $row['product_id'];
  echo "<table>";
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td><input name = 'product_id' type = 'hidden' value ='$row[product_id]'></td>";
  echo "</tr>";
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td>Product Name:</td><td><input name = 'pname' type = 'text' value ='$row[product_name]'></td>";
  echo "</tr>";
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td>Product Range:</td><td><input name = 'prange' type = 'text' value ='$row[product_range]'></td>";
  echo "</tr>";
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td>Product Price:</td><td><input name = 'pprice' type = 'text' value ='$row[product_price]'></td>";
  echo "</tr>";
  echo "<tr>";
  echo "<td><input type = 'submit' name = 'Submit' value = 'Update'></td>";
  echo "</tr>";
  echo "</table>";
  }
  
   //if form was submitted
    if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST'){
  
    //get values from fields
    $productname = $_POST['pname'];
    $range = $_POST['prange'];
    $price1 = $_POST['pprice'];
    $price = (int)$price1;
    
    if ($productname == "" || $range == "" || $price == "" ) {
        $errorMessage .= "Please fill in all text boxes";
        }
        else {
        $errorMessage = "";
        }
    
  
    
    $query = "UPDATE products SET product_name = '$productname', product_range = '$range', product_price = '$price' WHERE product_id = '$product_id'";
    $result = mysql_query($query);
    print "<br> $productname from range $range with a price of $price has been updated!";
    } 
      
?>

 
Thank you in advance!