Don't think there's one function for it .. Though, you may want to try the output buffers.
ob_start(); ( .. Exec here ..) $Var = ob_end_clean(); , Wouter -----Original Message----- From: Uros [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 3:18 PM To: PHP General list Subject: [PHP] Using system Hello! I'm pulling my hair. What is the right syntax to set output of some system call to variable. I tried everything (system, shell_exec,exec) and always get output to screen. Please help. PHP version 4.3.3 CLI -- Best regards, Uros -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php