Posted by Gary L. Burnore on 02/15/06 00:47

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:30:43 GMT, "d" <d@example.com> wrote:

><francescomoi@usa.com> wrote in message
>news:1139935640.768005.71940@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>> Hi.
>>
>> On PHP4, I want to execute these two system commands:
>> # cd /home/foo1/foo2
>> # /usr/local/php/bin/php /home/foo1/foo2/script.php
>>
>> If I do it via shell, it works ok.
>>
>> But If I do:
>> -------
>> system("cd /home/foo1/foo2/", $retval);
>> system("/usr/local/php/bin/php /home/foo1/foo2/script.php", $retval);
>> --------
>>
>> I get this error message:
>> -----
>> Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required '../config/config.php'
>> (include_path='.:/usr/local/php/lib/php') in /home/foo1/foo2/script.php
>> on line 2
>> -----
>>
>> This error is caused by the fact that the script is not executed in the
>> right directory.
>>
>> Any similar experience?
>
>Why don't you use the chdir function instead of system()ing a "cd"?
>
You're absolutely right of course, but just to answer the question:

system("<cd /home/foo1/foo2 ; /usr/local/php/bin/php
/home/foo1/foo2/script.php)", $retval);

(all on one line)

Should work.
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