getting system(); into an array...

Anon

Hello,

Ok, I am playing with the possability of having a php web interface to run all of my MRTG tools. I need to know if I can pass whatever comes from the system() function to an array so I can format the output better.

for example:

<TABLE BORDER=0>
<?
$pingr=system("ping -n 2 192.168.1.1");
$count=count($pingr);
for($n=0;$n<$count;$n++){
echo "<TR><TD>$pingr[$n]</TD></TR>
}
?>
</TABLE>

OR! Is there another function that will accomplish this feat?

Thanks,
Justin

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Anon

Look at exec():

http://www.php.net/exec

Do:

<TABLE BORDER=0>
<?
system("ping -n 2 192.168.1.1", $pingr);
$count=count($pingr);
for($n=0;$n<$count;$n++){
echo "<TR><TD>$pingr[$n]</TD></TR>
}
?>
</TABLE>

Hope that helps.

Chris King

Anon

Whoops! Replace that system() with exec (sorry, bout 5 o'clock and ready to go)

<TABLE BORDER=0>
<?
exec("ping -n 2 192.168.1.1", $pingr);
$count=count($pingr);
for($n=0;$n<$count;$n++){
echo "<TR><TD>$pingr[$n]</TD></TR>
}
?>
</TABLE>

Anon

Thanks allot! That sounds better, I gues I glances at the exec command, but quit reading when it said:

"exec() executes the given command, however it does not output anything. It simply returns the last line from the result of the command. If you need to execute a command and have all the data from the command passed directly back without any interference, use the PassThru() function. "

I guess I should of read on...

The very next paragraph...

"If the array argument is present, then the specified array will be filled with every line of output from the command. Note that if the array already contains some elements, exec() will append to the end of the array. If you do not want the function to append elements, call unset() on the array before passing it to exec(). "

Thanks!

I decided to quote php.net incase anyone else needs help like this as well...

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