On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 15:47 -0700, aurfalien@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > aurfalien@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >> Hi all,
> >> I'm unsure how to describe this but I'll try.
> >> The following code works fine in its own PHP script;
> >> $mkdircmd = '/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid;
> >> exec($mkdircmd);
> >> But when placed in a larger PHP script being part of the
> >> ldap_provisioning module in Drupal, the Drupal GUI is blank until I
> >> do;
> >> $mkdircmd = "'/bin/mkdir /homes/'.$uid";
> >> ... were I surrounded the variable with "", which causes it to not
> >> work.
> >
> > $mkdircmd = "/bin/mkdir /homes/$uid";
> > or
> > $mkdircmd = "/bin/mkdir /homes/${uid}";
> >
> > Should fix the syntax.
> >
> > I guess you've already solved the permissions problem on the /homes/
> > folder (normally the web server would not be able to create such a
> > path because of permission issues).
> >
> > Blank GUI - no idea. Anything in the error logs (php or apache) ?
> >
> > Maybe asking on a drupal specific list would be a better idea for
> > that one.
> >
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>
> Thanks Chris.
>
> I appreciate the response. I was hoping my description wasn't too
> vague because I don't really understand what I'm doing.
>
> - aurf
>
>
>
This might sound stupid because I've not played with Drupal, but what's
wrong with using the mkdir command in PHP instead of the exec call?
Ash
www.ashleysheridan.co.uk
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