on this you may want to have a look in the manual for exec(), the command I used in my example, or system() they both let you run applications on your server such as 'ls' and the like.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2002 9:23 AM > To: Paul Oh; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] Newbie: Reading unix directory information from PHP > > > Hi Paul, > > this should help you out > > <?php > $LastLine = exec("ls -lrt", $AllOutput, $ReturnValue); > > print("Last Line: $LastLine <BR>\n"); > > print("All Output:<BR>\n"); > for ($index = 0; $index < count($AllOutput); $index++) > { > print("$AllOutput[$index] <BR>\n"); > } > print("<BR><BR>\n"); > print("Return Value: $ReturnValue<BR>\n"); > ?> > > should work a treat for you ... > > cheers > Peter > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Paul Oh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, 24 July 2002 9:04 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] Newbie: Reading unix directory information from PHP > > > > > > Hi, I'm just starting to learn PHP. I couldn't find how to execute unix > > command and read the result. Basically, I just want to execute > "ls -lrt" > > and read and display the output. > > > > This may be very simple question, but for some reason, I > couldn't find any > > info on executing unix command from PHP. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -Paul > > > > > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
