Posted by Steve Turnbull on 06/15/81 11:19

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 16:45:21 +0300, Veikko Mäkinen wrote:

> Steve Turnbull wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Could someone tell me how to execute a linux shell command with PHP?
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php
> eg. exec("convert -sample 25%x25% $img thumb.$img");
>
> But these functions are often disabled on public servers and you should
> also be aware that the command might be executed by the user running the
> web server (running PHP as CGI or with suexec wrapper is the cure for this).
>
>
> -veikko
Thanks for the reply

I have CGI installed in my PHP, how would I go about executing a command
from within there? Could you elaborate please?

Thanks
Steve

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