executing a shell script under php

[Anon]

hello i would like to call a shell script that executes some commands under linux.
i dont wanna echo somethin rather i wanna execute a command that lets say starts the apache server.
i have looked into the support already provided on the topic and have tried to follow that too but nothing seems to be workin.
i get the error that THE DOCUMENT CONTAINS NO DATA. Plz if someone can look into it and reply as soon as possible.
regards.

[Anon]

Well, you can use this command (the script is in the dir /root here.

<?php
echo exec (" /root/script.sh ");
?>

Bye,
Erik

[Anon]

Nope, I have exactly the same problem and that script doesn't work. I have tried also with system and passthru but nothing seems to happen. Is it because php logs in as nobody?

[Anon]

chowning the script to nobody and chmoding to 755, as well as calling sh should work?

exec("/bin/sh /path/to/script.sh");

try that...