note 33322 deleted from function.system by torben
| From: | torben@php.net | Date: | Mon, 23 Jun 2003 04:03:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 33322 deleted from function.system by torben | ||
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Note Submitter: daevid@daevid.com
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Unfortunately, system() dumps the output of the command to the screen/page with no way to supress
it. So trying to use the exit codes from external programs is relatively useless:
$test = system("ping -n -c 1 -w 1 -q $IP", $code);
if ( $code == 0 )
$this->active = true;
else
$this->active = false;