How to execute shell command from php?

Question

I have a apache server running on raspberry pi and i want to execute shell script using command through in php,

the code which is to be executed is :

"usr/bin/libreoffice --pt trial1 /var/www/html/Book1.xlsx"

how to run this command ?

Possible duplicate of [PHP shell\_exec() vs exec()](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7093860/php-shell-exec-vs-exec) — Shanteshwar Inde, Sep 18 '19 at 04:31
@ShanteshwarInde no its not,i know the difference ,i asked this because the shell_exec() returns null when executed and nothing happens — rahul, Sep 18 '19 at 06:08
how we know what you have tried and what not. for this you need to specified all things [read how to ask question](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask) — Shanteshwar Inde, Sep 18 '19 at 06:29
@ShanteshwarInde okay sorry for that , do you have any clues ? — rahul, Sep 18 '19 at 13:08

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 18 '19 at 06:00

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use shell_exec() to run shell script.

And also make sure that exec and shell_exec is enabled in PHP ini.

answered Sep 18 '19 at 06:00

Dhaval Naphade

yes shell_exec is enabled in php.ini but nothing happening – rahul Sep 18 '19 at 06:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '19 at 04:12

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use shell_exec() built in php function here

shell_exec("usr/bin/libreoffice --pt trial1 /var/www/html/Book1.xlsx")

you can also used built in function exec() or system() here see

answered Sep 18 '19 at 04:12

Jignesh Joisar

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