[SOLVED] Sourcing Bash variables from PHP?

[trq]

I'm trying to create a nice clean $_ENV array as part of a Linux package management system I'm building with php, but Im having a hard time finding out when exactly it is that php's $_ENV array is built.

 

I have this bash file (env.sh).

 

#!/bin/bash

FOO="this is foo" ; export FOO

 

And this php file (envtest.php)

 

#!/usr/bin/bash
<?php

  exec("source env.sh");
  print_r($_ENV);

?>

 

Executing this...

 

$ ./envtest.php | grep FOO

 

I get nothing.

 

Executing...

 

$ FOO="this is foo" ; export FOO ; ./envtest.php

 

I still get nothing, but....

 

$ FOO="this is foo" ; export FOO ; php -r 'print_r($_ENV);' | grep FOO

 

returns...

 

[FOO] => this is foo

 

Anyone tried this before? Whats gives?

[Trium918]

LOL, thorpe. No No.... Your are the greatone!!! You shouldn't

need any help. LOL

[trq]

Yeah...its been a while since Ive posed a question. Anyway, Ive figured out the problem. It appears exec spawns another process, hence FOO is being set, but not within the same environment as my script.

 

It would also appear that there is no work around for this. Looks like I will be writing this application in Python instead. Not real impressed, but you get that on big jobs I suppose.

 

I was so hoping PHP might be up to the task.