shell_exec()
| From: | Sterling Hughes | Date: | Wed, 15 Aug 2001 05:16:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | shell_exec() | ||
| Groups: | php.dev | ||
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Hi,
What's the purpose of this function? It's prototype is:
/* {{{ proto string shell_exec(string cmd)
Use pclose() for FILE* that has been opened via popen() */
What advantage does this have over something like exec() or
system()?
-Sterling