note 83151 added to function.shell-exec

How to get the volume label of a drive on Windows <?php function GetVolumeLabel($drive) { // Try to grab the volume name if (preg_match('#Volume in drive [a-zA-Z]* is (.*)\n#i', shell_exec('dir '.$drive.':'), $m)) { $volname = ' ('.$m[1].')'; } else { $volname = ''; } return $volname; } print GetVolumeLabel("c"); ?> Note: The regular expression assumes a english version of Windows is in use. modify it accordingly for a different localized copy of Windows. ---- Server IP: 62.73.196.231 Probable Submitter: 84.211.80.46 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/83151 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83151/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83151/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83151/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83151/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83151/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83151/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/83151 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/83151 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php