| Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? [message #176829 is a reply to message #176828] |
Fri, 27 January 2012 15:12   |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 1/27/2012 10:00 AM, Erwin Moller wrote:
> 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
>
ROFL!
Ah, that's part of the problem, Erwin. I have a hobby. But around
here, airplane rental is $140/hr and up.
Maybe what I need is a cheaper hobby :)
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