RE: [PHP] Exec, system, passthru didn't work

did you try and capture error messages from the system calls? webserver probably doesnt have permission to do what you want it to do. > -----Original Message----- > From: Reuben D Budiardja [mailto:reubendb@goshen.edu] > Subject: [PHP] Exec, system, passthru didn't work > > Hi, > I tried to execute the following command from the web interface using a > system call > /usr/bin/play a_wave_file.wav > > I tried exec, system, passthru, and shell_exec. None of them worked, that is > I didn't hear any sound played. Note that I'm sitting here on the server > itself, and tried it with a web browser in the server. The command is > executed fine when I just copy it and run it in terminal. I also made sure > that nothing blocked the sound card, that is, the sound card was not in use. > > However, if I tried to run the same file using php as command line, it works > find. > > exec, system, passthru returns the value 2, which I don't know what it means. > > Any help on this will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Reuben D. Budiardja