PHP script not executing after updating WHM

[Senor]

Greetings!

I recently did a WHM/cPanel update and found that calling an external PHP script no longer works.

For example:

I have a page that submits data to a PHP script. At the end of that script, I call a 2nd PHP script with the exec command:

exec('php -q /path/to/my/script.php'); 

Unfortunately, that no longer works. If I log in as root and run the same command, it works just fine. I suspect it's because PHP/Apache runs as a different user (nobody?) and is unable to execute the script. I am unsure why this changed with this update and not any of the others.

I'm wondering if it can be fixed by simply changing the permissions on the file, but before I do that, I figured I'd ask here first so I don't screw something up.

Thanks,
Jay

[rkm11]

Where are both of these files located?

Did you recompile apache (maybe with suPHP support)? What version of PHP are you running? Did you change to a new release type (stable, release, current, edge.. etc)?

[Senor]

Where are both of these files located?

Did you recompile apache (maybe with suPHP support)? What version of PHP are you running? Did you change to a new release type (stable, release, current, edge.. etc)?

The files are located in the same directory.

I did recompile apache to include curl support, version 5.2.6

jay@web [~]# php -v
PHP 5.2.6 (cli) (built: Sep 11 2008 13:22:27) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2008 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2008 Zend Technologies

I stayed with the same release type (stable).

Thank you for your response.

[Senor]

Anyone else have any thoughts?