On Wednesday 12 November 2003 17:21, Mario Ohnewald wrote:

> > $var=shell_exec("/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0
> > /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2>/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \"=\" -f 2");
>
> $var=shell_exec("/usr/local/bin/mplayer -identify -frames 0
> /tmp/pitstop.mpeg 2>/dev/null | grep ID_LENGTH | cut -d \"=\" -f 2");
> echo "Output: $var";
>
> Still gives nothing back :/
> Told you, its not that easy :P

Have you:

1) Turned on full error reporting?
2) Checked that (i) you're not running in safe_mode, or (ii) if you are, that 
you are allowed to access those executables?
3) Confirmed that the left side of the pipe is working and giving the expected 
output?
4) Tried giving the full path to grep?

If you're still having trouble with it you can try sticking the above into a 
little shell script and shell_exec() the shell script instead.

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