note 108230 added to function.passthru

houston_roadrunner, that is not passthru() being picky - your first example is sending an invalid command to the shell: $ 'lp -d /var/www/BE2/java2/deliveryticket/store/filename' versus $ lp -d /var/www/BE2/java2/deliveryticket/store/filename The single quotes are included, which makes the shell look for a program with that entire line as the name, instead of just 'lp' with a series of arguments. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 216.198.71.77 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.passthru.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/108230 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108230/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108230/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108230/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108230/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108230/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108230/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/108230 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/108230 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php