Execute a program

Hi. I want to execute a program in a script. This program is in
/usr/bin. How can I do this?

Jose Antonio wrote:
> Hi. I want to execute a program in a script. This program is in
> /usr/bin. How can I do this?
>

http://php.net/manual/en/function.system.php

system('/usr/bin/play /usr/lib/licq-1.2.6/share/licq/sound/Monty-Python.wav');


//Aho

It doesn't work for me. How can I find why?

Thanks.

J.O. Aho escribió:
> Jose Antonio wrote:
>
>> Hi. I want to execute a program in a script. This program is in
>> /usr/bin. How can I do this?
>>
>
> http://php.net/manual/en/function.system.php
>
> system('/usr/bin/play
> /usr/lib/licq-1.2.6/share/licq/sound/Monty-Python.wav');
>
>
> //Aho
>

Sup Jose, here you go man.
Try using the following function exec();

To get more info on the function heres a good link.
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

Hope that helps

Armando Padilla


"Jose Antonio" <jamprieto@ono.com> wrote in message
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> Hi. I want to execute a program in a script. This program is in
> /usr/bin. How can I do this?
>

There are a couple command that are able to do this for example:
passthru();
exec();
system();
shell_exec();

--
Roger
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"Jose Antonio" <jamprieto@ono.com> wrote in message
news:6qHJa.24285$FN3.1911835@news.ono.com...
> Hi. I want to execute a program in a script. This program is in
> /usr/bin. How can I do this?
>