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Re: shell script with shell_exec() [message #180114 is a reply to message #180113]

Wed, 09 January 2013 01:22

Jerry Stuckle
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On 1/8/2013 7:32 PM, Erick Engelke wrote:
>
> I need to run some binaries from within php web pages.
>
> Ironically, it's to convert Word/Excel to PDF, no joke, but open office
> does it pretty easily. No need to buy someone's service.
>
> My problem is, the cli version of PHP executes the scripts perfectly, but
> the FreeBSD Apache module PHP 5.4.7 - which I believe doesn't have the
> safe mode, well it does a SIG_ABORT on the open office binary.
>
> I've been reading web pages all day but don't see how to get around this.
>
> Erick

You really didn't give us much to go on. But my first check would be to
ensure the web server user has sufficient permission to execute Open
Office and it's libraries. Also ensure it can read the file you're
converting from and write access to the directory you're writing to.

Next thing I would check would be the log files for any messages.

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		shell script with shell_exec() By: Erick Engelke on Wed, 09 January 2013 00:32
		Re: shell script with shell_exec() By: Jerry Stuckle on Wed, 09 January 2013 01:22
		Re: shell script with shell_exec() By: Erick Engelke on Wed, 09 January 2013 14:02
		Re: shell script with shell_exec() By: The Natural Philosoph on Wed, 09 January 2013 16:20
		Re: shell script with shell_exec() By: Captain Paralytic on Wed, 09 January 2013 11:10

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