running shell commands through php

run shell commands from php

[vwsequeira]

Hi,

I am trying to run shell command from php but shell_exec function doesnt substitute the parameters passed to it.

$vin=shell_exec('runcom.sh $feedname $dte') hee $feedname and $dte are not substituted by php automatically so that shell script can grab them.

anyone please help me with this to rectify this problem

[Little_G]

Hi,

If you want php to expand variables inside the string you need to use double quotes [php.net] around the string instead of single.

Andrew

[edited by: Little_G at 3:34 pm (utc) on June 9, 2009]

[vwsequeira]

Thanks little g, new to php , appreciate your quick help