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RE: [PHP] Capturing output of shell script. From: Don Read (dread <email protected>)
Date: 06/30/01

On 29-Jun-01 Charles Williams wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I have an .sh shell script being executed from a php4 call. I need to
> capture the string return and work with that in the php script. The only
> problem is that the call works but I cannot get the returned string. I've
> tried using exec, passthru, ``, system, and escapeshellcommand. Nothing
> seems to work. any ideas?

$cmd='stuff.sh';
$p=popen($cmd, 'r');
if ($p) {
   while ($str=fgetss($p,1000)) {
     do_foo($str);
   }
   pclose($p);
} else {
   echo "<P>phsst. bad command: $cmd <BR>";
}

Regards, 

-- 
Don Read                                       dread <email protected>
-- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to 
   steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.

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