PHP as shell script (question)

[Anon]

Hi all,

I am trying to use php as a shell scripting language and need a little help.

PHP version: 4.1.2

<?
$test_root = whoami;

if ($test_root == 'root') {
exit('Cannot execute script as root');
}
?>

However, this little section fails even if I run the script as root. If I do:

<?
$test_root = whoami;
echo $test_root . "\n";
?>

It displays: root

Adding to this confusion, (I am sure my understanding is to blame here) - my functions don't seem to return values either.

I am not going to go into that because a fix here may result in a fix for that too.

I appreciate your help.

-mustafa.

[Anon]

in response to my query - the whoami command returned a \n - once I cleaned that, it worked just fine.

Cheers!