Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 19th May 2009 21:03 UTC
Learn how to better integrate scripts with command-line tools. Examine using shell_exec(), exec(), passthru(), and system(); safely passing information to the command line; and safely retrieving information from it. See how to integrate closely with underlying shell commands and folding any return values into your interfaces and processes.
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RE[3]: Suggustions for improvement
by HiMAcks on Wed 20th May 2009 15:38
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RE[3]: Suggustions for improvement
by slight on Thu 21st May 2009 08:29
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Our CMS has a CLI based interface that authenticates users based on their unix account (the web app stores an optional unix account name in the user record) so you can execute commands with the same permissions you could via the web interface.
Comes in very handy, especially for cron integration.
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2006-01-06
I would say it's overlooked not without a reason. I can't find any advantages other than developers being cheap and easy to find, to use PHP for command line scripting.
Well, the reason above might be good enough on the other hand