Hi Mark! On Sun, 08 Jul 2001, Mark Lo wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know. Is it possible to use php to exec a bash script > with variable passing from php to bash. If so how to do this. > either set them in the environment or pass them as arguments. but before that you man want to type "man bash" at the prompt to meet a new friend ;) proof of concept [joe.php] <?php $var1="hello"; $var2="joe!"; putenv("VAR1=$var1"); system("/home/joe/bin/foo.sh $var2"); [foo.sh] VAR2=$1 # or VAR2=${1:-not defined} where $1 means the first positional parameter # after the script name echo -e "var1: $VAR1, var2: $var2" ciao -- teodor -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]