[PHP] Running a Shell Script in PHP HELP!

[Armando Cerna]

I have a shell script that I am executing like this $files = `shellscript`; 
but if I do an if ($files) it doesn't read $files as existing.  The contents 
of the shell script is a smbclient line that copies a bunch of DBF files from 
another machine.  Anyone have any idea?  Below is a little snipit of my code

 $files = `updatemp`;


  if ($files) {
    print "$files<br>";
    print "I am god";

  } else {
    print "$files"; 
    print "It's ok you'll get it working. =)";
  }






The contents of the updatemp file is as follows

smbclient //machine/c -I 192.168.0.4 -U armando%secret -D a1 -c 'lcd /tmp/dbf 
; prompt ; mget *.dbf ; quit'


Thanks in advance,
Armando

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