Use the execution operator backtricks (``)
<?php echo '<pre>'; echo `ls -la`; ?> will throw you the shell's ls -la to the browser -- Maxim Maletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... : > Hello, > > Does anybody know how to execute a shell command from PHP on a Linux > system? > > Thanks, > Scott > > > > -- > 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
