Can Php call command line interfaces on the OS

mike_phi

Hi there I just wanted to know if anyone has any samples of Php calling command line commands on the os, looking for the most elegant way of doing this, maybe some sort of os module exitst out there

e.g. unix type operating system being able to call mkdir, cp, ls > somefile.txt

if so please just slip me a note

cheers Mic

JayBee

All functionality depends on php safe_mode, disable_functions directives, ...

If you want only execute an external program
exec, system, shell_exec

If you want communicate with the program and manage output
popen or better proc_open

http://php.net/manual/ref.exec.php

some "php shell" script