PJ wrote:
> This really needs some explanation
> I found this on the web:
> <?php echo `whoami`; ?>
> with it there was the comment "the direction of those single-quotes
> matters" (WHY ?) and it works....
>
GIYF - look up "back quotes".
> But this (_*FROM THE PHP MANUAL***_ * - exec()* executes the given
> /command/ ) does not,
> COPIED AND PASTED:
> |<?php
> // outputs the username that owns the running php/httpd process
> // (on a system with the "whoami" executable in the path)
> echo exec('whoami');
> ?> |
> What is going on here?
What sort of error did you get? (it works fine here).
/Per
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