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Mac OSX cmd works from command line, fails from php shell_exec()

I am on Mac OS X 10.9.4

I can run this command successfully from the command line to produce an image or google.com

wkhtmltoimage http://www.google.com /Users/me/Sites/google.jpg

But when I tried to execute the same command from inside my website using the php command

$cmd='wkhtmltoimage http://www.google.com /Users/me/Sites/google.jpg';
shell_exec($cmd);

I get the following error:

sh: wkhtmltoimage: command not found

Is this a permission issue? If so how can I get it to work?

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Update

I set the full path like @Mureinik suggested and I made some progress now the error message I get is

Loading page (1/2)
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Rendering (2/2)                                                    
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Error: Could not write to output file                             
Error: Could not save image
[============================================================] 100%
Done                                                               
Exit with code 1, due to unknown error.

Am I having a permission issue now?

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Update

I changed the file permission to my destination and that took care of it.

Solution

  • The issue is probably that shell_exec uses a different $PATH then you, and thus can't locate wkhtmltoimage. From you own shell, you can use which wkhtmltoimage to determine where exactly it's installed, and then use shell_exec with the full path, e.g.:

    $cmd='/opt/wkhtmltoimage http://www.google.com /Users/me/Sites/google.jpg';
shell_exec($cmd);