RE: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes
| From: | Jay Blanchard | Date: | Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:15:32 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] shell_exec with pipes | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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[snip]
> $var=shell_exec("/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0
> /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2>/dev/null\| grep ID_LENGTH \| cut -d \"=\" -f 2");
[/snip]
$var=shell_exec("/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0
/tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2>/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \"=\" -f 2");
Try just escaping the quotes, pipes should be OK IIRC.