I don't know much about System or passthru - but doesn't it have to be something like:
passthru(ftpwho -v, &$return_var); echo $return_var; Because it is a reference Parameter und without the "&" the function can't put the value into $return_var. Greetings Kristin Schesonka > > passthru(ftpwho -v, $return_var); > echo $return_var; > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php