RE: [PHP-DEV] beginner question: how to execute unix command in PHP
| From: | James Cox | Date: | Tue, 23 Jul 2002 23:10:48 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP-DEV] beginner question: how to execute unix command in PHP | ||
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>
> Hi, I'm just starting to learn PHP. I couldn't find how to exec unix
> command and read the result. Basically, I just want to execute "ls -lrt"
> and read and display the output.
>
> This may be very simple question, but for some reason, I couldn't find any
> info on executing unix command from PHP.
>
> Thanks.
>
seriously, did you read the manual?
php.net/exec
php.net/system
php.net/passthru
or, simply put, perl style, $foo =
ls -lrt;
finally. please use php-general@lists.php.net for these types of posts.
-- James