Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 11/09/06 05:47

Ike wrote:
> I have zip.exe in my PATH on a windows XP box. Additionally, I have a script
> which, if I execute locally with
>
> php myfile.php
>
> it runs fine. However, when I call myfile.php remotely with a web browser,
> it canot seem to find zip.exe. Below are the releveant code snippets. TIA,
> Ike
>
> exec( "zip -mj \backups\temp\cookbook.zip \backups\temp\cookbook.sql 2>&1",
> $output, $res );
> if( $res > 0 ) {
> error( true,"COMPRESSION FAILED\n".implode( "\n", $output));
>
> COMPRESSION FAILED
> The system cannot execute the specified program.
>
>

Does the userid the web server is running under have access to zip?
Check your security settings.

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