My exec function in php is not working in centos

[malam]

I have a username alam for the server I have sudo access to execute linux commands. I could configure almost all files the root can do.

 

I wrote this script on the server for test as I need to provide the server some functionality

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<?php
$cmd="ls -l";

echo exec($cmd,$ret_value) . "<br />DONE";

echo "<pre>".shell_exec($cmd)."</pre>DONE";
?>

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I get the OUTPUT as follows -

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DONE

DONE

 

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I am novice user of Linux however any kind of help will be appreciated ..........

 

 

 

[gizmola]

If your server is running in safe_mode, the exec related commands are disabled.  Also individual functions can be disabled via the php.ini file, using the disable_functions directive.  You should look at the output of phpinfo() to see if there are restrictions in place.  Your code should work fine on a server that doesn't have some sort of restriction in place.

[malam]

Dear Gizmola

 

Thank you for your reply, I have checked disable functions in php.ini and my php is not running in safe mode. The same code is working in xampp but not the LAMP. I am attaching the phpinfo() file please have a look. please remove the .doc extension as this forum only support .doc and other image files.

 

Thank you once again for a quick reply.

 

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[trq]

It could also be that there is no $PATH variable setup for the Apache process. You'll need to supply the full path to any commands. eg;

 

$cmd="/bin/ls -l";

[malam]

It could also be that there is no $PATH variable setup for the Apache process. You'll need to supply the full path to any commands. eg;

 

$cmd="/bin/ls -l";

Dear Thorpe,

Thank you for your reply. I have tried but it did not work. Could you suggest me how to run system commands from php in linuxbox. I guess that will much easier to explain ......

Thanks once again for ur reply

 

 

[olie122333]

I am also having this problem, did you find a solution in the end?

 

(Sorry for bumping an old thread)