variables

[exter_c]

Hello,

Im fairly new coming back into programming after a long long long absence. I have a problem where one of the variables I am trying to pass to a shell exec script are not working.

I am trying to pass N:$variable1:$variable2:$variable3 through to rrdtool using php. Here is a sample of my script's line

system('/usr/bin/rrdtool update mail-rbl.rrd N:$ordb:$spamhaus:$sorbs');

However the $ variables are never being passed into the rrdtool database. Im fairly sure its a php issue with my script.

Any ideas or assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[devinemke]

your quotes are screwing you up, try this:

system('/usr/bin/rrdtool update mail-rbl.rrd N:' . $ordb . ':' . $spamhaus . ':' . $sorbs);

[exter_c]

Hello,

Once I try the above I get further errors saying invalid syntax at ':'

system('/usr/bin/rrdtool update mail-rbl.rrd N:' . $ordb . ':' . $spamhaus . ':' . $sorbs);

is the exact line ive used.

and here is the php error

PHP Parse error: parse error, unexpected ':' in /home/james/public_html/svr/test.php on line 15

thanks

[Weedpacket]

Nope; not in the line you've posted. Maybe you're problem is in the line before? You should be able to tell if you've dropped a quote somewhere if you look at the code with a bit of syntax highlighting.

[exter_c]

<?

$ordb = shell_exec('/usr/bin/egrep -c ordb /var/log/maillog' );
$spamhaus = shell_exec('/usr/bin/egrep -c spamhaus /var/log/maillog' );
$sorbs = shell_exec('/usr/bin/egrep -c sorbs /var/log/maillog' );

$timestamp = time();

print $ordb;
print $spamhaus;
print $sorbs;
#print $timestamp;

system('/usr/bin/rrdtool update mail-rbl.rrd N:' . $ordb . ':'. $spamhaus . ':' . $sorbs);

?>

[Weedpacket]

Still no parse error, either:
test1.php

<?php

$ordb = shell_exec('/usr/bin/egrep -c ordb /var/log/maillog' );
$spamhaus = shell_exec('/usr/bin/egrep -c spamhaus /var/log/maillog' );
$sorbs = shell_exec('/usr/bin/egrep -c sorbs /var/log/maillog' );

$timestamp = time();


print $ordb;
print $spamhaus;
print $sorbs;
#print $timestamp;


system('/usr/bin/rrdtool update mail-rbl.rrd N:' . $ordb . ':'. $spamhaus . ':' . $sorbs);

?>

> php -l test1.php
No syntax errors detected in test1.php