SVN over exec()

Hi

I have the following problem:

I try to run a file which is essentially

<?
echo exec("svn info /somepath");
?>

or alternatively

<?
echo exec("svn co --username=bla --password=blabla svn://someurl");
?>

on the Webserver.

The problem however is that that doesn't seem to have any effect. The
page loads way too fast, shows no output whatsoever and the error_log's
from apache are empty.

Does anyone have any experience on what to do in such a case, or even
has had the same problem I have?

Since I am quite without any lead help would be greatly appreciated.

Greetz
Adrian

..oO(Adrian Nievergelt)

>I try to run a file which is essentially
>
> <?
> echo exec("svn info /somepath");
> ?>
>
>or alternatively
>
> <?
> echo exec("svn co --username=bla --password=blabla svn://someurl");
> ?>
>
>on the Webserver.
>
>The problem however is that that doesn't seem to have any effect. The
>page loads way too fast, shows no output whatsoever and the error_log's
>from apache are empty.

Does "no output" mean no text in the browser or an completely empty
result? Did you check the HTML source code?

>Does anyone have any experience on what to do in such a case, or even
>has had the same problem I have?

I would start with using <?php instead of <?. Then make sure the
error_reporting directive is set to E_ALL|E_STRICT in your php.ini.

Micha

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Adrian Nievergelt wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have the following problem:
>
> I try to run a file which is essentially
>
> <?
> echo exec("svn info /somepath");
> ?>
>
> or alternatively
>
> <?
> echo exec("svn co --username=bla --password=blabla svn://someurl");
> ?>
>
> on the Webserver.
>
> The problem however is that that doesn't seem to have any effect. The
> page loads way too fast, shows no output whatsoever and the error_log's
> from apache are empty.
>
> Does anyone have any experience on what to do in such a case, or even
> has had the same problem I have?
>
> Since I am quite without any lead help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Greetz
> Adrian

Check if the apache, www or nobody accounts have execute permissions on
the svn binary. Am I correct in assuming that you can run the program
from the shell?

Also, check if SafeMode is on. I can't recall the details from memory but
I don't think it allows executables to be run from PHP except in specif
directories.

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