[SOLVED] Adding shell commands to php?

[acctman]

I want to add a LAME shell command to my php script. The coding below shows how I want it to work. Is my coding correct? I'm basing it off of how the copy() works with.

 

//# Usage: lame -b 112 original.mp3 output.mp3

lame -b 112 ("/home/rmbsite/public_html/temp/" . session_id() . ".mp3" "/home/site/public_html/temp/112_" . session_id() . ".mp3");

[acctman]

any idea?

[effigy]

Shell commands must be executed through functions.

[acctman]

Shell commands must be executed through functions.

 

i tried this but no luck, am i doing something wrong

 

<?php
exec("lame -b 112 tempo.mp3 112_tempo.mp3");
?>

[trq]

You might want to use the output and error code perameters to try and do some debugging.

[Fadion]

as thorpe said:

 

<?php
exec("lame -b 112 tempo.mp3 112_tempo.mp3", $output);
print_r($output);
?>

 

In that way u'll see the output lines from that command.

[acctman]

the output was Array ( ) thats it nothing easy. the file did not process

[trq]

Use the output and return value arguments. What does this output?

 

<?php

  exec("lame -b 112 tempo.mp3 112_tempo.mp3", $output, $return);
  echo "Return code is $return<br />";
  print_r($output);

?>

[acctman]

Use the output and return value arguments. What does this output?

 

<?php

  exec("lame -b 112 tempo.mp3 112_tempo.mp3", $output, $return);
  echo "Return code is $return<br />";
  print_r($output);

?>

 

This is what was printed out: (no file was compiled)

 

Return code is 127

Array ( )

[acctman]

problem solved, i had to input the full path to LAME