running tex from php script

Question

I've installed mactex on my macbook and configured apache + php + mysql.

So when I'm running texi2pdf from bash it works fine. But when I'm trying to run it from php script the next error occurs

Font T2A/cmr/m/n/10=larm1000 at 10.0pt not loadable: Metric (TFM) file not found.

The function is called as

exec("texi2pdf .... ")

$PATH var is OK.

I guess the problem with access to some files but I've set permission to all necessary files (including ~/Library/texlive) and all of them are successfully read with

exec("ls ... ")

or

exec("cat ...")

The problem is not with cyrillic fonts, all necessary packages are installed and as I've already said texi2pdf works fine from bash.

MacOSX 10.7

Apache/2.2.19 (Unix) DAV/2 PHP/5.3.6

TeX 3.1415926 (TeX Live 2011)

Have you tried pdflatex (or pdfetex) directly?

Kerrek SB
– Kerrek SB

2011-09-14 12:44:42 +00:00
Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 12:44 — Kerrek SB
– Kerrek SB, Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 12:44
Yes, I've tried pdflatex. Same problem.

witzawitz
– witzawitz

2011-09-14 13:03:51 +00:00
Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 13:03 — witzawitz
– witzawitz, Commented Sep 14, 2011 at 13:03

witzawitz · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-14 22:17:50Z

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Problem solved. As PHP script uses current directory (or DocumentRoot) to load and generate necessary tex fonts the home directory should be change to user home

putenv('HOME=/Users/username');

answered Sep 14, 2011 at 22:17

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Olli · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-14 12:44:42Z

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Are you tried to allow exec? It may be blocked as default.

answered Sep 14, 2011 at 12:44

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witzawitz Over a year ago

Other commands like exec("ls") works fine. And shell_exec and system and passthru also works.

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