Restart Apache in PHP on Ubuntu

Question

I can't seem to get this to work, not sure why.

I've looked at the steps provided here.

I don't get any errors, so I've no idea why it doesn't work. The file also has 777 permissions, but still no luck.

I'm running on Ubuntu 16.04.4 and PHP 7.0.2

@EliasSoares Understandable, I'll be the only one to ever access this file tho. — Petey Howell
– Petey Howell, Commented Apr 25, 2018 at 2:17

g000m · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-25 02:22:58Z

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Does the command /sbin/service apache2 restart work from the cli?

try entering the php interactive environment via php -a and run that statement: exec('/sbin/service apache2 restart');

You'll be able to get an error message in there. Try instead:

exec('service apache2 restart');

or

exec('apachectl restart');

answered Apr 25, 2018 at 2:22

g000m

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