call command line program with php

Question

I have a program running on my command line. The program allows one to type in a username and returns a bunch of information pertaining to that user. I assume it is possible to access this program from php, and even store the information in a variable. Anyone know how to do this though?

Thanks in advance for the advice

Answer 1

try using the system() command.

http://php.net/manual/en/function.system.php

or exec()

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

Answer 2

This link should help you. A quick example:

<?php
  $out = array();
  exec = ('ls /ver 2>&1', $out);
  print_r($out);
?>

Answer 3

Read the documentation for system() and exec(), it should what you need.