Re: [PHP] exec and system do not work

*/var/www* is usually under *www* user. It may be a permissions problem.


On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Ethan Rosenberg <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear List -
>
> I'm lost on this one -
>
> This works -
>
> $out = system("ls -l ",$retvals);
> printf("%s", $out);
>
> This does -
>
> echo exec("ls -l");
>
> This does not -
>
> if( !file_exists("/var/www/orders.**txt"));
> {
>    $out = system("touch /var/www/orders.txt", $ret);
>    $out2 = system("chmod 766 /var/www/orders.txt", $ret);
>    echo 'file2<br />';
>    echo file_exists("/var/www/orders.**txt");
> }
>
> and this does not -
>
> if( !file_exists("/var/www/orders.**txt"));
> {
>    exec("touch /var/www/orders.txt");
>    exec("chmod 766 /var/www/orders.txt");
>    echo 'file2<br />';
>    echo file_exists("/var/www/orders.**txt");
> }
>
> Ethan
>
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