How to search through directory for a string

Question

I've came up with a script to find a certain string in a directory, but when I do it, it only shows the first string and not the others... how would I go about it showing all of the other strings?

The code,

$result = exec("grep -r admin@admin.com /var/www/html/files/*");
echo $result;

Thank you!

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 20 '16 at 08:56

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Try exec("grep -r admin@admin.com /var/www/html/files/*", $result);. According to PHP manual exec return the last line from the result of the command

answered Nov 20 '16 at 08:56

Saumini Navaratnam

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Tried that and no luck ): – Brandon Dies Nov 20 '16 at 08:58
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@BrandonDies Did you try appending `"2>&1"` to the end of your command. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16665041/php-why-isnt-exec-returning-output – Saumini Navaratnam Nov 20 '16 at 09:04
No, what is that? – Brandon Dies Nov 20 '16 at 09:05

How to search through directory for a string

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