PHP - Cannot Execute Another Php Script (using Xampp On Windows 10)

Hi guys,

I am new here, and I am a bit stuck with doing something unusual.

I want to create a script that can turn on a program (dynamips and dynagen). So far, I have tried 'exec' and 'shell_exec'. Soon I realized that apache runs the commands as 'www-data' user (apache2 in ubuntu) and it's very limited on what you can execute.

Is there any way to do that at all? What would be the best practice? I am not concerned about security as this is not a production environment...

Thanks

How can I achieve the following scenario with an anchor tag?

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if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
     // execute script
}

I do need it for a label system to sort content with labels.

Hi all

I have this problem on a server using php5, unix based, safe_mode is On globally, i have turned it off locally through php.ini.

Ok, this is testing example script i used:

$cmd = ( "php -v" );
$out = shell_exec( $cmd );
print $out;

On my own server this returns php version. On this mentioned server i'm using (commercial) this causes complete server breakdown, when logged in with SSH, i can't even issue "ls" command after that, nor find and kill the process.
What could be so wrong with it? I don't think calling php-cli would make any difference.

Hi    I've been stuck trying to execute a script for a few weeks now and I really need help.   The script is supposed to schedule social media posts via functions.php and wp-load.php but I get errors.   Can someone do me a favour?   Drop your email and I'll send you the details to connect to my database.   Thanks

Hi everyone, i'm trying to get it so when i visit my webpage called start.php it executes the command (/bigbrotherbot start) in the terminal which then should start the process on my linux machine.

I'm currently using this code

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<?php
shell_exec('sudo /bigbrotherbot start');
?>
This script doesn't appear to do anything though. I'm very new to php and would really appreciate the help.

P.S the file bigbrotherbot is the bash script which works if i actually go to the terminal myself and type /bigbrotherbot start yet when i try to make the php do it it doesnt do anything.

any ideas?

Hi,   In reference to my first attached image, I have a form which displays two SELECT/drop-down fields (labeled "Store Name" and "Item Description".....and both of which pull-in values from two separate lookup/master tables, in addition to providing an additional option each for "NEW STORE" and "NEW ITEM").   Now, when first-run, and/or if "NEW STORE" and "NEW ITEM" are not selected from the drop-down's then the two fields in green ("New Store Name" and "New Item Name" are hidden, by means of the following code:  

<div class="new-store-container" id="new-store-container" name="new-store-container" style="display:none;">
    <div class="control-group">
        <div class="other-store" id="new_store_name">
            <?php echo standardInputField('New Store Name', 'new_store_name', '', $errors); ?>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

  Conversely, if "NEW STORE" and/or "NEW ITEM" are selected from the two drop-down's then one (or both) of the "New Name" fields are unhidden by means of the following two pieces of code, one PHP and the second JS:    

<select class="store-name" name="store_id" id="store_id" onclick="toggle_visibility('store_id','new-store-container')">
    <?php echo $store_options; ?>
                            
    <?php
        if($values['store_id'] == "OTH")
            {
                echo "<option value='OTH' selected> <<<--- NEW STORE --->>> </option>";
            }
        else
            {
                echo '<OPTION VALUE="OTH"> <<<--- NEW STORE --->>> </OPTION>';
            }
    ?>
</select>

 

function toggle_visibility(fieldName, containerName)
{
    var e = document.getElementById(fieldName);
    var g = document.getElementById(containerName);
            
    if (e.value == 'OTH')
        {
            if(g.style.display == 'none')
                g.style.display = 'block';
            else
                g.style.display = 'none';
        }
}

  All  of that is working just fine. The problem I'm having is that when I click the "Create" button, after having left any one of the form fields blank, the two "New Name" fields are hidden again, which I don't want to happen i.e. I want them to remain visible (since the values of "store_id" and/or "item_id" are "OTH"), so that the user can enter values into one or both of them, without havng to click on the drop-down a second time in order to execute the "on-click" code.   The second attached image shows how the fields are hidden, after clicking "Create".   How can I achieve that? It would be greate if someone could cobble-up the required code and provide it to me, since I'm relatively new to this.   Thanks much.    Snap1.png   26.14KB   0 downloads    Snap2.png   149.47KB   0 downloads      

Hello,
The following is my situation where I seem to get a 500 error code from the linux server:

i have an 'index' file like this:
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<?php
require("includes/config.php");

$a = $_REQUEST['a'];

switch ($a)
{
   case "home":
      include("frontpage/main.php");
   case "user-process":
      include("user-process.php");
}
?>
config.php is something like this:
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<?php

require(includes/classes/session.class.php);
require(includes/classes/user.class.php);
require(includes/classes/db.class.php);
...
?>
Now if we fall into the case "home" it works fine. Instead, if we fall into user-process it writes to the logs file Fatal Error: Class User does not exist bla bla bla. Why doesn't it exist ? every class is included in the config.php file then index.php includes first config.php ( which has all the classes) and then includes the requested page.

I also have a .htaccess file which is as follows:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^([^/\.]+)?/?([^/\.]+)?/?([^/\.]+)?/?([^/\.]+)?/?([^/\.]+)?/?([^/\.]+)?/?([^/\.]+)?$ index.php?a=$1&b=$2&c=$3&d=$4&e=$5&f=$6&g=$7 [NC,L]
which is used to access in a SEO friendly way the pages that users request.

can abybody tell where to write php code & sql statements in Xampp

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Please help. I am running xampp for windows - it contains apache, ssl, php, mysql. I am unable to generate  a key/cert via php even though everything is apparently set up and running correctly. I ran a script and it said the following

Quote

Warning: openssl_csr_sign() [function.openssl-csr-sign]: cannot get CSR from parameter 1 in C:\xampp\htdocs\cert.php on line 31

Warning: openssl_csr_export() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in C:\xampp\htdocs\cert.php on line 40

Warning: openssl_x509_export() [function.openssl-x509-export]: cannot get cert from parameter 1 in C:\xampp\htdocs\cert.php on line 41

Warning: openssl_pkey_export() [function.openssl-pkey-export]: cannot get key from parameter 1 in C:\xampp\htdocs\cert.php on line 42

error:02001003:system library:fopen:No such process error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file error:0E064002:configuration file routines:CONF_load:system lib error:02001003:system library:fopen:No such process error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file error:0E064002:configuration file routines:CONF_load:system lib error:02001003:system library:fopen:No such process error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file error:0E064002:configuration file routines:CONF_load:system lib error:02001003:system library:fopen:No such process error:2006D080:BIO routines:BIO_new_file:no such file error:0E064002:configuration file routines:CONF_load:system lib




cert.php
<?php
$configargs = array(
    'config' => '../apache/bin/openssl.cnf',
    'digest_alg' => 'md5',
    'x509_extensions' => 'v3_ca',
    'req_extensions'   => 'v3_req',
    'private_key_bits' => 666,
    'private_key_type' => OPENSSL_KEYTYPE_RSA,
    'encrypt_key' => false,
    );

$dn = array(
    "countryName" => "IE",
    "stateOrProvinceName" => "cork",
    "localityName" => "cork",
    "organizationName" => "org",
    "organizationalUnitName" => "Organizational Unit Name",
    "commonName" => "example.com",
    "emailAddress" => "Email Address"
);

// Generate a new private (and public) key pair
$privkey = openssl_pkey_new($configargs);

// Generate a certificate signing request
$csr = openssl_csr_new($dn, $privkey);

// You will usually want to create a self-signed certificate at this
// point until your CA fulfills your request.
// This creates a self-signed cert that is valid for 365 days
$sscert = openssl_csr_sign($csr, null, $privkey, 365);

// Now you will want to preserve your private key, CSR and self-signed
// cert so that they can be installed into your web server, mail server
// or mail client (depending on the intended use of the certificate).
// This example shows how to get those things into variables, but you
// can also store them directly into files.
// Typically, you will send the CSR on to your CA who will then issue
// you with the "real" certificate.
openssl_csr_export($csr, $csrout) and var_dump($csrout);
openssl_x509_export($sscert, $certout) and var_dump($certout);
openssl_pkey_export($privkey, $pkeyout, "mypassword") and var_dump($pkeyout);

// Show any errors that occurred here
while (($e = openssl_error_string()) !== false) {
    echo $e . "\n";
}
?>

Hi, i had today problem with my script. Everything worked well on my localhost(xampp server) and when i uploaded on dedi machine functions with MySQL database stoped working. Problem was with mysql_real_escape_string and i forgot that i must first open connection and then mysql_real_escape_string...

But strange thing is that on xampp server i dont need to open connection for mysql_real_escape_string, and everything worked well... is there any solutio to php scripts on xampp worke same as php script on linux apache server?

I have a Xampp Timezone Error

Error

Warning: strtotime() [function.strtotime]: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected 'America/New_York' for '-5.0/no DST' instead in C:\Users\cory j\Desktop\xampp\htdocs\NoXIp\Toplist\inc\vote.php on line 56
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ' NOW())' at line 1

Line 56
              $diffrence = time() - strtotime($getDate['lastVoteDate']);


The Date Function in Php.ini
[Date]
; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions
; http://php.net/date.timezone
date.timezone = "America/New_York"
date.timezone = "America/New_York"
; http://php.net/date.default-latitude
;date.default_latitude = 31.7667

; http://php.net/date.default-longitude
;date.default_longitude = 35.2333

; http://php.net/date.sunrise-zenith
;date.sunrise_zenith = 90.583333

; http://php.net/date.sunset-zenith
;date.sunset_zenith = 90.583333

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