PHP: shell_exec multiple commands

Question

So I am attempting to create list of modified files between two git commands:

shell_exec("
  git diff --name-only $remoteCommitId $localCommitId > diff &&
  SET /p DIFF=<diff &&
  git archive --output=$zipName HEAD %DIFF%
");

However, no zip file is created I also tried separating commands with & and ;. If a run these commands in batch file, everything works.

I am on windows and the reason why I am doing it that way is here.

I just want to create zip file between two git commits via shell_exec so any other method which works via shell_exec is also welcome.

Update

If I run these commands directly on console:

git diff --name-only 207b606c270fc14a7161647c2fbe8f9a7d8e05a1 17dcc2233678df4ce86c8713e0349d68e45c3c96 > diff&& SET /p DIFF=<diff&& git archive --output=deployment.zip HEAD %DIFF%

It does create deployment.zip file but problem is that deployment.zip file only contains single root path file in it not ones from other folder (vendor in this case):

Here is diff file:

composer.json
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/.gitignore
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/.travis.yml
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/CONTRIBUTING.md
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/LICENSE
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/README.md
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/composer.json
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/phpunit.xml
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/src/ArrayUtil.php
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/src/DatabaseSettingStore.php
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/src/Facade.php
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/src/JsonSettingStore.php
vendor/anlutro/l4-settings/src/MemorySettingStore.php

But deployment.zip file only contains composer.json file.

CA you try `...> diff&& set... diff&& git ...`: ie, no space after the last character of one command, and its separator `&&`. I just want to be sure you are no create `diff ` instead of `diff` — VonC, Aug 13 '17 at 13:26
Are you sure all your commands are succeeding? You tagged this with `bash` but some of those are windows cmd commands/syntax, not bash — Eric Renouf, Aug 13 '17 at 13:35
@EricRenouf: Yes when i run individually/directly on console, I don't see any errors but even with this method it only generates deployment file with single composer.json file in it, not all files. Please see updated question. — dev02, Aug 13 '17 at 13:38
OK. Back to your original question: would a `shell_exec("echo a&& echo b")` work? — VonC, Aug 13 '17 at 13:44
@VonC: not sure what you mean by a and b here. The problem is that generated deployment.zip file only contains single file not all files even though diff file lists all files correctly. — dev02, Aug 13 '17 at 13:45
Just checking if two commands can be chained inside a shell_exec: just printing anything — VonC, Aug 13 '17 at 13:47
Then try your first diff, followed by `&& type diff`, to see if you can read it's content. — VonC, Aug 13 '17 at 13:51
https://stackoverflow.com/a/3069068/6309 is interesting: set will only put the first line in the variable — VonC, Aug 13 '17 at 14:12
@VonC: bash/batch stuff is too advanced for me but thanks for pointing out, i will see if I can use that in my existing script. Thanks — dev02, Aug 13 '17 at 14:18
@VonC: Also found this but not sure how to run via php exec as it creates zip file of all files instead: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21639415/create-archive-of-modified-files-in-git-via-batch-file — dev02, Aug 13 '17 at 14:43
Is it possible to put all that in a .bat script, run it first to check that it is working, and then call that same script from php? — VonC, Aug 13 '17 at 16:14
@VonC: Yes everything works via batch/bash files but not from php because in php we have to give each statement separately. — dev02, Aug 13 '17 at 17:17
Why not give only one statement, with that statement being the .bat script which in turn executes all your original commands? — VonC, Aug 13 '17 at 17:19
@VonC: That's how I am doing for now but it opens up console window every time. Until solution is found, I am going this route. Thanks — dev02, Aug 13 '17 at 17:35
Oh, you didn't mention that. https://stackoverflow.com/a/33685422/6309 might help — VonC, Aug 13 '17 at 17:42

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 13 '17 at 17:50

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Try instead:

 shell_exec("cmd /C \"ascript.bat\"");

with ascript.bat a script which list all the necessary commands.
See "how not to open a Cmd window when running a batch file"

answered Aug 13 '17 at 17:50

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