Re: Program Execution and reading results

On 6/21/07, Zoltán Németh <znemeth@alterationx.hu> wrote:

2007. 06. 21, csütörtök keltezéssel 10.46-kor Richard Heyes ezt írta:

hmm I thought the OP's question was about how can he get output/return value from the external program (the file name for example) - maybe it was my misunderstanding

In which case I would still use shell_exec(): <?php

      $output = shell_exec('ls -l');

?> okay I admit my ignorance :) I didn't know about the return value of shell_exec, now I checked the manual and wow there it is... so both can be used to get output greets Zoltán Németh -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

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