I need some help with executing a shell using PHP.

The shell is in the following path:

c:\tools\bin\ogr.exe

I have read that <?php $cmd = command string ; shell_exec($cmd); ?> will di the trick but how do I get this function to execute the shell in the above path??


Sarel

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I have not done this before but wouldn't the command string be the path?

So:

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Correct, I just got it, so your command string includes:

path and then the actual command

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Good to here you got it going then, maybe you could post up how you did it so someone reading this thread in the future knows

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Ok the shell exec was relative easy, I have a problem with placing in variables so that the shell commands can be dynamic or user driven.

such as the following:

the Problem:

the echo doesn't seem to "echo" the the variables in the $output string.

I think it might be the way I use quotes around the variables, the quotes are required on the shell command.

Hope someone can help.

Thanks
Sarel

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You need to put . before and after like so:

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No sorry that didn't work

but no worries I got it working, it was those devilish quotes as expected.

so double quotes are required for the shell command and to get them attached on the variables when echo-ing is done by doing so:

\"$variable\"

so place the entire string into $cmd
then
echo the shell+$cmd like so:

echo "<pre>".shell_exec($cmd)."</pre>";

yahooooooooooooooooooooooo aaaaaaaaaaaaggghhhh

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