Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 09/12/07 17:19

c.g.dangelo@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sep 12, 6:50 am, melma...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> My PHP script executes many bash/cmd commands.
>> Functions like "exec()" or "system()" cause that new bash/cmd session
>> is started,
>> the command is executed and the session is closed. Unfortunately
>> it is very slow process so I would like to increase performance and
>> open one bash/cmd session on the begin of my script and execute
>> the commands such as in normal system opened bash/cmd window and close
>> it
>> at the end of my PHP script.
>> Does anybody know whether and (if yes) how can I do that?
>>
>> PS. I need the retrieve informations from previous command before
>> executing next command because next command is strongly dependent on
>> the
>> results from previous command.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Melmack
>
> I would write a bash script and just execute that from within PHP. If
> you're using so many commands that performance is becoming an issue,
> I'd recommend that you try that. Bash scripting is terribly easy to
> learn if you don't already know how. Even if you did find an
> alternative in PHP, I don't think it would be as efficient as
> executing a single script.
>
>
> -c
>

You missed one salient point in his post:

"PS. I need the retrieve informations from previous command before
executing next command because next command is strongly dependent on the
results from previous command."

Can't do it with a bash script unless you're willing to do all the work
in the script.

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