can php execute shell scripts?

[mmilano]

i run game servers, and i would like to make a page where the admins of the game servers can click a form submit button to execute a script that restarts the server.

the script would be called "restart" and reside in the same directory as the php page.

is there any way to do the equivilent of typing "./restart" from a forum submission of a php script?

[junrey]

well, there is as always expected. following command will do it for you.

exec(command);

example:

<?
exec("/mydir/restart");
?>

that will do it.

[mmilano]

Thanks!