I have a php file called sample.php with the following content:
<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>
And what I want to do, is to run this php script using a second php script.
I think shell_exec could help me, but I don't know its syntax.
By the way, I want to execute this files with cpanel. So I have to execute the shell.
Is there any way to do this?
If you need to write a php file's output into a variable use the ob_start and ob_get_contents functions. See below:
<?php
ob_start();
include('myfile.php');
$myStr = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
echo '>>>>' . $myStr . '<<<<';
?>
So if your 'myfile.php' contains this:
<?php
echo 'test';
?>
Then your output will be:
>>>>test<<<<
You can use cURL for remote requests. The below is from php.net:
<?php
// create a new cURL resource
$ch = curl_init();
// set URL and other appropriate options
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "http://www.example.com/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 0);
// grab URL and pass it to the browser
curl_exec($ch);
// close cURL resource, and free up system resources
curl_close($ch);
?>
Here's a good tutorial: http://www.sitepoint.com/using-curl-for-remote-requests/
Consider watching this YouTube video here as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2HLGZJi0Hk
You can try this:
Main PHP file
<?php
// change path/to/php according to how your system is setup
// examples: /usr/bin/php or /opt/lampp/bin/php
echo shell_exec("/path/to/php /path/to/php_script/script.php");
echo "<br/>Awesome!!!"
?>
Secondary PHP file
<?php
echo "Hello World!";
?>
Output when running Main PHP file
Hello World!
Awesome!!!
Hope it helps you.
Try this:
<?php
// change path/to/php according to how your system is setup
// examples: /usr/bin/php or /opt/lampp/bin/php
$output = shell_exec("/path/to/php /path/to/php_script/script.php");
print_r($output);
?>
This May Help you.
It's important to stress that including/executing user-generated code is dangerous. Using a system call (exec, shell_exec, system) instead of include helps separate the execution context, but it's not much safer. Consider proper sanitation or sand-boxing.
With that in mind, here is a working example including generating the (temporary) file, executing it, and cleanup:
<?php
// test content
$code = <<<PHP
echo "test";
PHP;
// create temporary file
$d=rand();
$myfile="$d.php";
file_put_contents($myfile,"<?php\n$code\n?>");
// start capture output
ob_start();
// include generate file
// NOTE: user-provided code is unsafe, they could e.g. replace this file.
include($myfile);
// get capture output
$result = ob_get_clean();
// remove temporary file
unlink($myfile);
// output result
echo "================\n" . $result . "\n================\n" ;
Output:
================
test
================
terminal view:
abgth@ubuntu:/var/www$ cat > test.php
<?php
echo shell_exec("php5 /var/www/check.php");
?>
abgth@ubuntu:/var/www$ cat > check.php
<?php
echo 'hi';
?>
abgth@ubuntu:/var/www$ php5 test.php
hi
I hope you are looking for this
Go to terminal and type
php filename.php
filename.php should be the name of file you want to execute!
includeit?include "other_script.php";to run the script within the same PHP instance, rather than spawning another interpreter. There are valid reasons to want a distinct process...but unless you have to,includeis usually better.