note 94262 added to function.system

If you don't want the output of your command echoed to STDOUT while using PHP for scripting (Unix/CLI) use exec() instead of system(). May apply to CGI versions, YMMV. <? $cmd = "date"; $output = system($cmd); printf("System Output: $output\n"); exec($cmd, $results); printf("Exec Output: {$results[0]}\n"); /* Output: Mon Oct 26 19:30:08 EST 2009 System Output: Mon Oct 26 19:30:08 EST 2009 Exec Output: Mon Oct 26 19:30:08 EST 2009 */ ?> ---- Server IP: 64.71.164.2 Probable Submitter: 68.178.146.170 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.system.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/94262 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94262/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94262/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94262/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94262/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94262/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94262/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/94262 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/94262 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php