I even tried to remove the -f and replaced it with a -n 600 (for six hundred lines to be output) and it still wont place the $tailed var into the textarea. It will output to the screen but not to the textarea, I am just going to scrap it and try it a different way.
Cheers, Jas
Jay Blanchard wrote:
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It is now... but it still doesn't work. I have tried passthru(), exec(), shell_exec() & system() trying to tail -f a log file into a textarea box and I get nothing or the output is put in the headers and stops the rest of the page from loading. I am at a loss.
Jay Blanchard wrote:
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Anyone know what this wouldn't work? I have tried using a couple of functions defined at http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php and
none
seem to have the desired effect.
<?php $tailed = shell_exec('tail -f /path/to/log'); //$tailed = exec('tail -f /path/to/log'); //$tailed = system('tail -f /path/to/log'); print = "<textarea>$tailed</textarea>"; ?> [/snip]
Is PHP running in safe mode?
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a. safe mode must be OFF b. you must remove the "=" from the print statement, should be thrwoing a syntax erro c. get rid of the -f as it will not continue to update the text area d. do not reply off-list unless requested
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