Re: php exec()

the output from the browser is the same and not the expecting version of the ipkg-cl. then i tried to echo exec('ifconfig'); the output is the same also.

You need to do this: $output = array(); exec('/program/....', $output); for it to put the results of running the command into the $output array. Then you can print it: print_r($output); This is in the manual: http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php -- Postgresql & php tutorials http://www.designmagick.com/