Nathaniel Hall wrote:
> I have another question regarding running a system command on a web
> server.  Let me explain again, I am creating a login page that is to be
> used on my local lan only.  I am wanting to lock down a maximum number
> of logins to up to 2 MAC addresses.  I finally got the arp command
> working, but now I have another issue with new lines.
> 
> The command I am running is system("arp " . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . "
> | grep " . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . " | cut -b34-50");
> 
> The command runs correctly, however the output is directly and not by
> using echo.  I would like to be able to assign what is returned to a
> variable so that I can do additional work on it.  Any ideas?

http://php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php

use the third argument to retrieve the command/shell output.

> 
> -- 
> Nathaniel Hall, GSEC GCFW GCIA GCIH GCFA
> 

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