RE: [PHP] formatting "host" output

If $lookup is passed from the client, then you should be careful with that exec() call... http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php Use one of the escape...() functions, perhaps? -----Original Message----- From: David Robley [mailto:huntsman@www.nisu.flinders.edu.au] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 12:47 AM To: Tyler Longren; php-general Subject: Re: [PHP] formatting "host" output On Sat, 21 Jul 2001 06:32, Tyler Longren wrote: > $data = exec("host $lookup"); > printf("<pre>%s</pre>", $data); > > How can I format the output of that properly? > Sometimes, it's all on one line, and it's fine. > Other times, there's more than one line...like if there was an alias. > > Any way to format it like it is on the command line? > > Thanks, > Tyler $data = exec("host $lookup", $ary); while(list(,$val) = each($ary)) { echo $val . '<BR>'; } You need to assign the output of exec to an array if you want to capture multiple lines of output. Check the manual for more detail. -- David Robley Techno-JoaT, Web Maintainer, Mail List Admin, etc CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES Flinders University, SOUTH AUSTRALIA Try our NEW *SOLAR POWERED* tanning salon! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net