Posted by Jason Wong on 01/18/05 18:48

On Tuesday 18 January 2005 18:59, Tom wrote:

> Khan wrote:
> > Tom wrote:
> >> shell_exec()
> >
> > yes, I have try that but nothing happenes. here is my code. Is this
> > correct?
> >
> > <?php
> > shell_exec('/test/acct.sh');
> > ?>

Note that shell_exec() expects a filesystem path and not your webserver's
document root.

> looks fine to me, except that I tend to run a check to make sure that it
> has run ok, like
> $myReturn = shell_exec('/test/acct.sh');
> or
> if (shell_exec('/test/acct.sh');

Note also that if command executes correctly without error then 0 is returned
and non-zero in case of errors.

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