Of course you need to give the variable $someNumber a value. On Sat, 18 Jul 2015 at 03:45 Ethan Rosenberg < erosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks - > > On 07/17/2015 12:34 AM, German Geek wrote: > > You cannot run a C program and grab input from PHP interactively! You > would have to pipe the input > > in as so: > > > > // untested! > > $number = `echo $someNumber | /var/www/TestScanf`; > > echo 'number in php<br />'; > > > > Also, returning the number num in C's main function is wrong. You should > return 0 if successful and > > another int if the program has an error. > > > > > > > <snip> > > You cannot run a C program and grab input from PHP interactively! You > would have to pipe the input > in as so: > > // untested! > $number = `echo $someNumber | /var/www/TestScanf`; > echo 'number in php<br />'; > > Also, returning the number num in C's main function is wrong. You should > return 0 if successful and > another int if the program has an error. > > > CODE > > > $number = `echo $someNumber | /var/www/TestScanf`; > //$number = `/var/www/TestScanf`; > echo 'number in php<br />'; > > echo $number; > > OUTPUT > > > Notice: Undefined variable: someNumber in /var/www/Scanf.php on line 36 > number in php > Enter your Number 0 > > TIA > > Ethan >