Does the command work when you try it from the command line? If so, then try shell_exec("env > some_filename") and show us the results. If not, then the problem is with your command. First thing I would check is the existance of /usr/local/bin/mogrify On 7/29/05, leonski <brotit@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings. > > I've practically worn my eyeballs out trying to figure out a problem and > in desperation am posting here in the hope for familiar eyes to guide > me, so thanks in advance. > > check out this code section: > > if (file_exists($imagefile)) { > $execstring = escapeshellarg("/usr/local/bin/mogrify ".$imagefile." > -resize 95x72! "); > } > else echo ("sorry there was a problem with that file"); > // then....2>&1 is assisting the debug > $op = shell_exec($execstring.' 2>&1'); > echo $op; > > pretty simple - uses the ImageMagick: mogrify. Funny enough it doesn't > work. The output is: > > sh: line 1: /usr/local/bin/mogrify /tmp/phpS1KCen -resize 320x240! : > No such file or directory sh: line 1: /usr/local/bin/mogrify > /tmp/phpS1KCen -resize 95x72! : No such file or directory > > beats me how it gets inside the if, if it doesn't exist! > > I have also tried ImageMagick:convert executable with a generated > tempfile using tempnam() and the file is created in /tmp as expected, > but is not filled by the convert - it stays empty, fails and doesn't get > cleaned up. > > I cannot give a link to php.ini as its not on a public server. But Safe > mode is Off, file size limits are OK as $imagefile can be displayed to > the screen prior to the shell_exec call. > > I also tried using GD instead of ImageMagick and could not get > imagecreatetruecolor to work either. > > OS is OS X on my laptop, entropy build of PHP as "Apache/1.3.29 (Darwin) > PHP/5.0.4" > > I really do not know if this is a PHP, Apache or OS issue. Permissions > are not it, I'm sure, and the user is www quite capable of writing into > and reading from tmp, so there is no issue there. > > If anybody can tell me what *anything* about this problem, I'd be greatful. > > leonski. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php