using php to respond to command line prompts?

[jjfletch]

Hi,

I want to create a Change Password script that will work with Ensim Pro's control panel, where a user can change their password using a simple form. (The users of the site really aren't sophisticated enough to use the full admin access page that Ensim provides).

Available to me is the command (executable only by root at the command line) ChangePasswdVirtUser, but it requires the user to enter their password twice: once to select it, and again to confirm it.

Is it possible to write a PHP script that will respond to these prompts? Has anyone ever done something like this before? How difficult a script is this to write for a newbie? :eek:

Thanks much!

[bretticus]

PHP has alot of functions for running console commands and returning input. I suggest you read up.

[bretticus]

it requires the user to enter their password twice

Ah, that's the real trick, isn't it! Gee, I dunno, never tried that before. I woudl recommend that instead of using Ensim's console command, you simply connect to the database that stores the user credentials.