Re: exec() major probs

Hi try shell_exec() --- it seems to work better for some things HTH Terry Reynolds wrote: > Hi > > I am having major probs trying to exec a command in PHP. > All i want to do is fill a table from a tab delimited file from within PHP. > I have set up a file called fillit which consists of: > mysqlimport -u user -ppassword database list.txt > This works from the command line perfectly. > I made this executable & it runs perfectly with .fillit > It will not run with exec, system or passthru. > I have tried nearly all possible combinations with and without backticks, single, double and no > quotes. > I have rw access to the dir I am running from and have read the manual until I'm blue in > the face! > Has anyone out there used the xece command successfully?? > Ps if I exec("ls -l"), it works fine ! > > Linux box Using PHP 4.0.??. latest version MySql, Apache Slackware > TIA > Terry -- Dell Coleman, Principal PICO Technology Corp. Victoria, BC Email decoleman@home.com Web http://members.home.com/pico/