Startup/Shutdown PHP Command

accessdev

I need a php command to startup and shutdown Apache and MySQL. Any help would be appreciated.

kparker

It's not usually considered safe to saw off the branch you're sitting on!

But if you're determined, you can probably just exec the normal command to shutdown apache: "/.../apache/bin/apachectl stop" or whatever it is your installation uses. Oh, and since this has to be done by root, you have to 'su' the command,which means you'll have to supply the root password, so you'll probably only want to do this if you've got SSL going so you can send the password over a secure channel. Etc...

Anon

sawing off the branch you're sitting is right...you realize if you shutoff apache, PHP shuts down as well? Creating a PHP "startup" command is essentially useles since PHP is tied to the webserver.

Anon

Well, I do have the same need to shutdown Apache in php.
Could you please show me how to send the root password?

neville

Can any one tell me of any one such need where one would have to shut down the Web server....

Wouldn't that cause all other sites on that server to be unavailble till you restart it ?

I hope you have not hosted on the same server as I have :-)

Chiao,

kparker

This is your own dedicated server, or one you manage, yet you don't have shell access?

Anon

Well, the story is I manage a web site, that is a highly political site.
This site is under HTTP attack frequently.
I can make a telnet connection to the server when under attach.
If I can shutdown the Apache, then I can make telnet connection and restart Apache after say one or two minutes.