[RESOLVED] exec(), system(), shell_exec(), etc + nmap

[Elation]

hi

i'm trying to create a script that executes nmap from my server, then displays the output.

i've tried:

$output = passthru('nmap -v -A'.' $ip');
$output = shell_exec('nmap -v -A'.' $ip');
system('nmap -v -A'.' $ip');

the problem i'm having is that using the above methods i only get the first line of output, ie.

Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-08-31 21:46 CST

and nothing else. i've managed to find a way around it by sending the nmap output to a textfile, the using file_get_contents() to pull the data back in:

exec('nmap -v -A '.$ip.' > /usr/local/www/apache22/data/nmap/'.$ip.'.html');

$file = "/usr/local/www/apache22/data/nmap/$ip.html";
$result = file_get_contents($file);
echo "(pre)$result(/pre)";

that works perfectly, but i'd rather not be writing anything to the drive. i should also mention that nmap can take its time, so that might have something to do with it, i don't know.

can it be made to work without needing to write to files?

thanks

[suntra]

$output = passthru('nmap -v -A'.' $ip');

Should be (I think) :

$output = passthru('nmap -v -A '. $ip);[$php]

'cause at the moment, this it what it looks like :

nmap -v -A $ip

When you use single quotes ( ' ), no variable inside them gets replaced...

[Elation]

god damn it =p

thank you 🙂

[rowanparker]

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