Re: Another SYSTEM Function Question

From: Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:28:07 +0000
Subject: Re: Another SYSTEM Function Question
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Nathaniel Hall wrote: > I have another question regarding running a system command on a web > server. Let me explain again, I am creating a login page that is to be > used on my local lan only. I am wanting to lock down a maximum number > of logins to up to 2 MAC addresses. I finally got the arp command > working, but now I have another issue with new lines. > > The command I am running is system("arp " . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . > " > | grep " . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . " | cut -b34-50"); > > The command runs correctly, however the output is directly and not by > using echo. I would like to be able to assign what is returned to a > variable so that I can do additional work on it. Any ideas? http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php use the third argument to retrieve the command/shell output. > > -- > Nathaniel Hall, GSEC GCFW GCIA GCIH GCFA >

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