Could some kind soul tell me why is php's system() function
different from the rest of the pack?
perl -e "system('man 3 printf');"
ruby -e "system('man 3 printf');"
python -c "import os; os.system('man 3 printf');"
php -r "system('man 3 printf');"
In perl, ruby, and python, the above has the same results as
typing man 3 printf, IOW the pager takes the terminal and you
can browse the man page till you quit the pager.
In php, the result is the man page streamed through, and the
pager immediately quits. I'm observing this behavior with 4.3.6
but remember seeing this behavior in 4.0.6 or something around
that time.
PHP 4.3.6 (cli) (built: May 2 2004 20:16:20)
Copyright (c) 1997-2004 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v1.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2004 Zend Technologies
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