On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Ryan O'Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am using system to convert some files using a binary in linux. My code
> looks like this:
> $response = system('gpsbabel -p "" -r -t -i gpx -f "test.gpx" -o kml -F
> "test2.kml"', $retval);
> echo "<p>Response: ", $response, "</p><p>Return Value: ", $retval;
>
> The $retval is returning code 127 - Any ideas on why this?
You overlooked the ampersand in front of $retval. The syntax for
'system' is:
string system ( string $command [, int &$return_var ] )
You have to pass a pointer to the variable, not the variable itself.
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