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PHP Function to execute an external program and display raw output.

void passthru ( string $command [, int &$return_var ] )

The passthru() function is similar to the function in that it executes a command. This function should be used in place of or when the output from the Unix command is binary data which needs to be passed directly back to the browser.

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Interacting with multiple servers over SSH in PHP

I'm currently writing a deployment framework in PHP. The framework connects to servers and executes commands over SSH. I've been looking for quite a while trying to find a way in PHP to do this better. Here are the requirements. The technique…
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Execution time vs idle time in PHP

This is more of a theoretical question. When I run a PHP script that does a passthru to some other program, say a Java application, let's assume that program works for 30 minutes and then ends gracefully and PHP keeps calling it in a loop every…
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IIS Proxy/pass through question

We have set of computers that need to access a certain web application (MVC) hosted on our ASP.NET box. These computers are on their own little subnet that can only see a small back office server that controls them. That server, in turn, can see the…
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PHP functions - Security issues?

I have a question regarding the following PHP functions: exec() system() passthru() shell_exec() I've tried signing up with https://wpengine.com/ but their technical support informed me that they have disabled the four PHP functions on their…
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PHP passthru: unable to get full response from python script

I'm trying to get data from Python script: import pymorphy2 import json import sys morph = pymorphy2.MorphAnalyzer() butyavka = morph.parse(sys.argv[1])[0] for item in butyavka.lexeme: print(item.word) PHP…
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PHP: Problem using passthru to stream a zip on mac os x only

I'm trying to put together a zip streaming solution through the use of Unix's zip command and PHP's passthru function, but I've hit a snag. The script looks something like this:
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sh: sqlldr: command not found php passthru(); but PATH in sysconfig/httpd/ seems to be ok

php passthru( 'echo $PATH >>/tmp/sqlldrproblem 2>&1' ); passthru( "sqlldr USERID=scott/tiger@dbhost control=/tmp/test.ctl log=/tmp/test.log >>/tmp/sqlldrproblem 2>&1" ); Oracle Linux7.1 # cat…
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PHP passthru with colorized output

I have a script that runs other scripts based either on a specified schedule or on demand depending on the command. This allows mundane and time consuming tasks to be managed in a central location as well as simplifying the management in general. …
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Execute a binary string with a "Program execution Functions" (exec, system, etc ...)

Is it possible to execute a binary string with a "Program execution Functions" (exec, system, etc ...) ? http://php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php For example, the following file is a php script with a binary "hello, world" program. It was originally…
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Embedding Video Stream into webpage

This is a progress after the question Embedding Image/Video Stream into webpage that was answered for the picture only using curl, video is still an open issue. Resuming, I need to avoid that the visitor of a web page see the real source of an image…
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Tell PHP to use MAMP PHP Binary

I am on Mac osx, using MAMP server. I am working on a php project that has a php script with a line similar to the following: passthru("php path/to/script.php"); This was causing some serious issues which I was able to rectify by hard-coding the…
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using PHP shell_exec so that the output is "piped" not "dumped"

quick question really. Consider the following code: //__/var/test/cli_test.php__ $x = 0; while ($x < 9){ print "loop " . str_pad($x, 3, "0", STR_PAD_LEFT) . "\n"; sleep(1); $x++; } if I type php /var/test/cli_test.php in the command line I…
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MS Access Passthrough Query Update

I am trying to make an Update to a Passthrough query using MS Access to an ODBC server that I have no control over. The reason I have to use a Passthrough is that the records I am accessing have more than 255 fields (I would use a linked table if I…
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Continue execution after calling php passthru() function

When using php passthru() function, default is to stay until the external script execution ends. PHP manual says ::::: "If a program is started with this function, in order for it to continue running in the background, the output of the program…
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Why is calling (ImageMagick) convert.exe from PHP script resulting in an unresponsive page?

* This is now resolved * by clearing the temp folder in windows! Some info - Windows 2003 server, IIS 6 ImageMagick 6.3.3 PHP 5.2.0 I am using ImageMagick to resize images on the server and I think this has recently been causing problems. What I am…
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