RE: [PHP] CLI script & exec() - how to control what gets dumped on the screen.

As a check, does 'apache2ctl graceful' actually output anything to STDOUT? I would expect your exec commands to work - try with something like 'ls' or 'whoami' and see if you get any results that way. Edward > I have been trying to figure out how to use exec to run some commandline > scripts (some perl scripts & mysql in this case) WITH the output > of the commands > run via exec being shown on the screen. > > neither of these examples have the desired effect: > > $output = array(); $exit = 0; > exec('apache2ctl graceful', $output, $exit); > > > $output = array(); $exit = 0; > @exec('apache2ctl graceful', $output, $exit); > > please someone tell me there is a decent way to do this (something > to do with STD input/output redirection or something?) and that > I'm not left > with trying something like: > > ob_start(); > $output = array(); $exit1 = $exit2 = 0; > @exec('apache2ctl graceful', $output, $exit1); > ob_end_clean(); > > ... of which I don't even know if it would work. > > anyone care to share their clue? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >