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exec function PHP

Peter B · 2006-08-29 13:29:32

I am trying to use an exec() function in PHP to perform a mysql_dump to save my database periodically by a cron job. I run the following code [PHP] if(exec($command)){ echo "Command executed perfectly"; } else { echo "Command error"; }[/PHP] However I seem to be getting an output of "Command error" even though my command…

29-08-2006 1:29pm

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Peter B

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I am trying to use an exec() function in PHP to perform a mysql_dump to save my database periodically by a cron job.

I run the following code

[PHP]

if(exec($command)){
echo "Command executed perfectly";
} else {
echo "Command error";
}[/PHP]

However I seem to be getting an output of "Command error" even though my command seems to be executed perfectly.

Is there an error with the if statement?

Thanks

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#2 29-08-2006 2:37pm

matrim

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IIRC exec returns a string value not a bool. You may have to do different checking on the if

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#3 29-08-2006 10:15pm

akari no ryu

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http://ie.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
Yup. Returns a string

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