Shell command From PHP Is Being Executed Partially Only

Question

I have created a makefile as below:

.PHONY: all update-repo dependency-install unit-tests file-permission

    all: update-repo dependency-install unit-tests file-permission

    update-repo:
        git reset --hard
        git pull origin master

    dependency-install:
        composer update

    unit-tests:
        vendor/bin/phpunit

    file-permission:
        chmod 777 application/logs
        chmod 777 application/cache
        chmod 777 application/models/proxies

Now trying to execute it from php with following script:

echo shell_exec("make");

Not that both files are given 777 permission.

Now I am trying to execute those make commands by executing the php script from web url. After executing start, I only get following output:

git reset --hard
HEAD is now at 758a275 test commit
git pull origin master

So, for some reason other commands aren't being executed. Does anyone have any clue why? Thanks.

Whatever it is that you are trying to do, **chmod 777 is always wrong** and a serious security problem. — tripleee, Aug 11 '14 at 19:34

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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This is a permissions issue. Make sure the errors are also going to stdout to find out what is going wrong:

echo shell_exec("make 2>&1");

More info: In the shell, what does " 2>&1 " mean?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Aug 11 '14 at 18:20

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Thanks, yes, it was a permission issue. – Rana Aug 13 '14 at 06:21

Shell command From PHP Is Being Executed Partially Only

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