shell_exec into href

[hyster]

im messing about with shell_exec at the min on a server located on my pc.

im trying to make a link out of the output.

im getting the folder listings ok put the output does not work in the link part of the url. it echos the whole string in each repatition.

 

am i mising something simple??

 

source

<?php

$var = shell_exec('dir f:\\media\\music\\ /o:s /b');

echo "<pre>"."<a href='ping.php?folder=".$var."'>".$var."</a>"."</pre>"; 

?>

 

output

<a href="folder 1folder 2folder 3folder 4">folder 1</a>
<a href="folder 1folder 2folder 3folder 4">folder 2</a>
<a href="folder 1folder 2folder 3folder 4">folder 3</a>
<a href="folder 1folder 2folder 3folder 4">folder 4</a>