A shell_exec example for windows anyone?

[curan]

I am trying to incorporate spell checking into my html forms. To do this I have installed aspell(0.50.3) (http://aspell.net) on my server, I have tested it from the command line and it works. I have installed php(4.3.6) and I have configured the web server to work with it and it works as well. I am using some sample pages written in JavaScript and php ‘spellerpages’ (http://spellerpages.sourceforge.net/) to see how the spell checking works. I’ve traced the execution of the code and everything works up to the line of code in the file spellchecker.php

if($aspellret = shell_exec($cmd)) {….

php is NOT in safe mode, I have ‘YES’ selected in ‘SSI Parameters’ , ‘Exec cmd Execution’. I’ve played with the $cmd string, I’ve hard coded it, but to no avail. I've tried making my own test script using shell_exec but they don't work which may simply be because this is my first try at using php.

Does anyone have any simple suggestion on how I could test that the shell_exec command was working? Or is there some other server setup parameter I am missing? I’m running windows 98. Thanks for you help.

New to PHP
Curan

[aprelium]

curan,

shell_exec() is a PHP command so it has no relation with the SSI settings. It seems that there is a problem preventing this shell command from being executed. Please send us your php.ini file to support@aprelium.com .
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[curan]

Update:
I created a command line 'exe' that printed out "Hello World" and was able to get it to run in a php script, using shell_exec, which then generated an html page. So it looks like the shell_exec works fine and my problem must be in the command I am trying to send to it.

I'm asuming that the php.ini file is ok.

Would you agree with that logic?

The next thing I will test is having my 'exe' read a file to generate its output. This is what the actual aspell exe does.

[aprelium]

[quote="curan"]Would you agree with that logic?[quote]
Yes. One more thing. When sending the command to shell_exec, use its full path name. Otherwise, if the executable is not in your system PATH, it won't be found by the shell.
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[curan]

Update
I have 'speller pages' working.
I put aspell.exe in my path so I would not have to code in the full path.
In the file spellchecker.php;
I put my temp file in 'c:' to limit the use of '\'.
I dropped '2>&1' from the end of my command statement.
I added 'aspell_err = "";' I might have deleted it by mistake earlier.

Thanks for the help, it was good to be able to bounce ideas around.

Now to learn about escape codes.

curan out.