how to take input from php and execute it in a command-line program in terminal linux

shehzaad · 02-21-2016, 06:55 PM

i cant take an input enter by a user to load the input in a Linux terminal to execute it in a command line program...can you help please...for example when a user enter a value and press enter in must open terminal in the background and take the input and execute it in a command line program

TenTenths · 02-22-2016, 02:14 AM

http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

j-ray · 02-22-2016, 06:10 AM

As TenTenths mentions you can use php functions like exec or passthru to execute programs. But keep in mind that PHP will execute these programs as webuser (maybe "nobody", "wwwrun" or such), means a user that is strongly restricted...