exec not properly executing php command centos 7

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using

xls2csv -x /usr/share/nginx/html/price_list_EN.xls -s cp1252 -d 8859-1 > /usr/share/nginx/html/price_list_EN.csv

in linux commandline it works and exports it correctly, but if I use it on php

$transf2 = "xls2csv -x /usr/share/nginx/html/price_list_EN.xls -s cp1252 -d 8859-1 > /usr/share/nginx/html/price_list_EN.csv";

exec($transf2);

a file named price_list_EN.csv appears but it remains empty...

Try using the full pathname of the `xls2csv` command, if it's not in one of the standard `bin` directories. — Barmar, Nov 17 '17 at 01:14
Possible duplicate of [How can I debug exec() problems?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12199353/how-can-i-debug-exec-problems) — mario, Nov 17 '17 at 01:23
"tested" is the part you should have elaborated on. Crude observations ala "doesn't work" aren't typically fixing much. — mario, Nov 17 '17 at 01:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 17 '17 at 06:20

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Try to execute your command like this from shell

su -s /bin/bash -c "xls2csv -x /usr/share/nginx/html/price_list_EN.xls -s cp1252 -d 8859-1 > /usr/share/nginx/html/price_list_EN.csv" www-data(your webserver user name)

then you debug the error

answered Nov 17 '17 at 06:20

Naga Raju

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