RE: [PHP] php/shell question...
| From: | Jay Blanchard | Date: | Thu, 18 Jul 2002 20:05:29 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] php/shell question... | ||
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I know that it's pretty easy for a shell script to call a php page to do
something.
What's the best way to have a php page call a shell script?
I'm trying to automate the creation of directories with certain files in
them (people creating their own temporary websites..), and figured a simple
shell script to copy the files (or symobolic links to these files) from a
master directory to the appropriate directory for the customer would make
the most sense.
Am I barking up the wrong tree, or does this make sense?
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Use exec() or shell_exec()
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
HTH!
Jay