On 6/21/07, Zoltán Németh <znemeth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
2007. 06. 21, csütörtök keltezéssel 10.46-kor Richard Heyes ezt írta:
> > hmm I thought the OP's question was about how can he get output/return
> > value from the external program (the file name for example) - maybe it
> > was my misunderstanding
>
> In which case I would still use shell_exec():
>
> <?php
> $output = shell_exec('ls -l');
> ?>
>
okay I admit my ignorance :)
I didn't know about the return value of shell_exec, now I checked the
manual and wow there it is...
so both can be used to get output
greets
Zoltán Németh
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<?
$filetoexecute = "somefile.sh";
$filetocreate = "newfile.txt";
$filetoappend = "existingfile.txt";
// To create a file, redirect the output with a single right carat:
exec($filetoexecute.' > '.$filetocreate.' 2>&1',$ret);
// To append to a file, redirect output with double right carats:
// exec($filetoexecute.' >> '.$filetoappend.' 2>&1',$ret);
file_exists($filetocreate) ? $file_written = True : $file_written = False;
// Because we used 2>&1, errors are redirected to stdout
// $ret contains the redirected error output from the command line
?>
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