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PHP Path for System() Command running in Apache

I am trying to run a system() command but it is failing because it doesn't know where to find the command. If I run system("echo $PATH") it responds back "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin". When I run phpinfo() every PATH that seems pertinent responds back "/usr/sbin:/usr/bin". I am running the script and PHP through Apache_1.3.27, how do I change the default PATH?

Answers that change the PATH for a single script will not help, I have multiple scripts pulled down from various locations on the web and would prefer not to have to visit each file for each application to make the change take affect.

--goodatunix

us111

you should specify all the time the path to the command or to the file. for instance:
system("/usr/bin/image /home/goodatunix/file.jpg");

us111

you should specify all the time the path to the command or to the file. for instance:
system("/usr/bin/image /home/goodatunix/file.jpg");

us111

try
$_SERVER['PATH']= "all path";

or see the putenv function
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.putenv.php

goodatunix

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Simply changing the command to include the full path will not work. I don't want to have to visit each script. I would prefer to find a way to change the environment variable for PATH that is passed to PHP.

goodatunix

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goodatunix

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I found the answer after much searching... It seems that when the service is started it takes the PATH from the environment. I modified apachectl so that it included a "PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH; export PATH" statement. Then ran phpinfo() and found that the PATH had been updated.

--goodatunix

us111

don't forget to close the question

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