[SOLVED] PHP shell_exec command

[DrIdiot]

Hi,

 

I'm running PHP on my computer (Linux) and for some reason whenever I use the exec() or shell_exec() command to exceute a script that in any way writes to the drive, it fails.  For example,

 

exec("touch test");

doesn't do anything

 

What I'm trying to do is convert a .flv file to a .mpeg file using ffmpeg.  So I have a command:

shell_exec("ffmpeg \stuff\");

that isn't executing.

 

Also, world has write permissions on the directory (that the file output is in, not that the script is in)

 

Does anyone know why?

 

Thanks,

-Harrison

[DrIdiot]

yeah actually it was working, im just a dumbass and misnamed something