Stut wrote:
Brad Bonkoski wrote:
Had this problem in the past, and always programmed around it, but
wondering if there is an easier way.
Good Example:
Creating a setup for connecting to a mysql database. Want to do
something simple to make sure they have entered a valid
username/password for the database.
So, the idea is something like:
$rc = exec("mysql -u $user -p{$pass}", $output);
The problem is one error, the stderr does not go to the output array,
but rather to the screen.
Previously I would redirect the stderr to a file, and then evaluate
the contents of the file, but is there an easier way to get this into
the PHP variable with no risk of having the output make it through to
the screen?
I may be missing something, but why in the name of all that is holy
would you want to shell out to try connecting to mysql? Why not use
mysql_connect and avoid the potentially massive security hole you're
building?
-Stut
Perhaps poor illustration of the question...the question being how to
issue system like commands in PHP which would allow you to trap not only
stdout, but also stderr.
-Brad
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