[lug] quick php question for including cli output

[Eric Kilfoil]

Use the 'passthru' command to do this:

<?
passthru('/bin/du -sH /home');
?>

Eric

On Wed, 30 May 2001 charles at lunarmedia.net wrote:

> i'd like to take the output from a command and echo it to a webpage using
> php. i had thought that something like
>
> $message = `du -sH /home`;
>
> would put the info into a variable that i could then call via echo. to say
> the least, its just not working out for me. i am sure this is a simple
> one, and in fact, i've done it before, but i've lost my reference and i
> can't find the info on php.net
>
> thanks -cjm
>
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