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phpshellparameter-passing
bhavish030
bhavish030

Reputation: 53

Parameter passing from PHP to shell

Is it possible to pass parameters from php to a shell script. For ex:

<?php

$var = "testfolder";

shell_exec('sh /path/test.sh');

?>

Shell script (test.sh):

sudo mkdir $var /path/

I want the value in php $var to be exported to the shell script to be able to create a folder with the name as in the variable. Is this possible?

I know already how to insert a variable into a string, but i can't figure out how to rewrite the line shell_exec to export this variable to my shell script

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 272

Answers (2)

nurikabe
nurikabe

Reputation: 4010

Pass the variable as a command line parameter to the shell script. For example:

<?php
$var = "testfolder";
echo 'php: ' . shell_exec("sh ./test.sh $var");

#!/bin/sh
echo "shell: $1"

$ php test.php
php: shell: testfolder

(For clarity, I'm simply echoing here.)

Shells transform command line parameters sequentially into variables $1, $2, etc.

Upvotes: 1

Nazmul
Nazmul

Reputation: 21

Yes.You need to pass the variables as arguments to the shell script, and the shell script has to read its arguments.

please check this link: passing a variable from php to bash

Upvotes: 2

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