Re: Exec() wont run program

From:	steve	Date:	Fri, 10 Oct 2003 21:18:24 +0000
Subject:	Re: Exec() wont run program
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Curt Zirzow wrote:

What is gedit? it looks like the gnu text editor command. most X applications wont run from the webserver in most cases.

gedit is a simple text editor - I think it stands for Gnome Edit

echo shell_exec("sudo gedit"); might give some answers, Curt.

Tried echo shell_exec("sudo gedit"); and still application doesn't run and no output is echoed to the web page. You said most X applications won't run from the webserver. Is there a way to get around that? Because I tried calling a custom shell script which opened those programs for me, which also didn't work. I've created a few applications in Kylix and I want to start them through a web browser using PHP.