php exec

The exec() function is one of several functions you can use to pass commands to
the shell. The exec() function requires a string representing the path to the command
you want to run, and optionally accepts an array variable that will contain
the output of the command and a scalar variable that will contain the return value


<?php
 exec(“ls -al .”, $output_array, $return_val);
 echo “Returned “.$return_val.”<br/><pre>”;
 foreach ($output_array as $o) {
 echo $o.”\n”;
 }
 echo “</pre>”;
 ?>