untar(unzip) by PHP

[phptrack]

Hi,

I want to untar(unzip) my file uploaded on web server by PHP shell command.
Can you please let me where i my code have problem ?

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
<?php
$mstrng = shell_exec('cd /local/home/phptrack.com/myfiles/;tar -tzvf myfile.tar.gz;');
echo $mstrng;
?>
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////

After executing the above code i get the output but does not see untar (unzip) files.

Regards,
Aamir Javid (PHP Web Developer)
Web : http://phptrack.com

[devinemke]

$mstrng = shell_exec('/path/to/tar -tzvf /local/home/phptrack.com/myfiles/myfile.tar.gz'); 

[jara06]

you can EASILY run into problems if the server gets set to safemode ..