message return by system()

[Anon]

Hi
When I use the command system() or passrhru() a message, the result of the execution, appears on my html page. How I can disable the display of these messages?? Thanks

[matto]

I found useful hints in the online doc of www.php.net, you should browse around a bit.

this works perfect for me:

system("./export.php >>/dev/null &");

">>/dev/null" redirects the output to null (none will be shown).

note the "&" starts the external program as a background process (unix/linux). this is required to prevent the browser from waiting for program termination. don't know if you need that.