| Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? [message #176828 is a reply to message #176827] |
Fri, 27 January 2012 15:00   |
Erwin Moller
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On 1/27/2012 2:49 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 1/27/2012 5:16 AM, crankypuss wrote:
>> On 01/25/2012 03:25 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>> On 1/25/2012 2:47 PM, crankypuss wrote:
>>>> I'm sure there's a way to do this, probably some simple syntax I've not
>>>> run into and am too stupid to find in the manual or through
>>>> google-fu or
>>>> otherwise.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to issue an arbitrary shell command in a subroutine and
>>>> have it
>>>> return an array that contains one element representing stdout and
>>>> another element representing stderr.
>>>>
>>>> For example, using tar to deal with a bazillion files, error messages
>>>> might not be seen when specifying verbose output; I'd like to collect
>>>> them and display after stdout.
>>>>
>>>> I've not found any syntax, yet, for redirecting to a PHP variable
>>>> rather
>>>> than some file.
>>>>
>>>> tia.
>>>
>>> Take a look at the proc_open(). The examples show how do return stdout
>>> and stderr in separate streams.
>>
>> Thanks Jerry, someone else mentioned that too, and it looks like it will
>> probably do the trick though I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to play
>> with it.
>>
>>> It may be more than you need (this is made to be interactive between the
>>> PHP script and the process), but you don't HAVE to send data to the
>>> process.
>>
>> I've never minded putting large amounts of effort into building
>> something with a simple general purpose interface, those efforts tend to
>> repay tenfold.
>>
>> (On a personal note, haven't you retired yet? Or are you like me,
>> addicted to code for life?)
>
> Nope, still too young to retire. I don't know what I'd do with myself :)
>
Get a hobby, like computer programming. ;-)
Regards,
Erwin Moller
--
"That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without
evidence."
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