Command Line instructions in PHP

[ChubbyOne]

Hi,
I am trying to establish whether it is possible to run a command line instruction from a php page.

I want to do this so that I can automatically send .bit (dot bit)files uploaded to my site directly to a Field Programmable Gate Array board for testing.

The site uses MySQL for the database and MySQL for the server. Unfortunately, I haven't a clue how to use php to execute command instructions to do this job.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

A

[diego25]

Take a look at the function exec(), system() and passthru().

Diego

[sijis]

diego,

i just read that you can use ticks ` too.

so somethign like this:

echo ls -al;

but i have yet to try it myself.

i think i will right now!

Update:
I did
<?php echo ls -la; ?>
and i got a directory listing! But it wasn't nicely formatted 🙁

i think exec() might be easier to read when looking at the code.