did you try and capture error messages from the system calls?
webserver probably doesnt have permission to do what you want it to do.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reuben D Budiardja [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Subject: [PHP] Exec, system, passthru didn't work
>
> Hi,
> I tried to execute the following command from the web interface using a
> system call
> /usr/bin/play a_wave_file.wav
>
> I tried exec, system, passthru, and shell_exec. None of them worked, that is
> I didn't hear any sound played. Note that I'm sitting here on the server
> itself, and tried it with a web browser in the server. The command is
> executed fine when I just copy it and run it in terminal. I also made sure
> that nothing blocked the sound card, that is, the sound card was not in use.
>
> However, if I tried to run the same file using php as command line, it works
> find.
>
> exec, system, passthru returns the value 2, which I don't know what it means.
>
> Any help on this will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
> Reuben D. Budiardja
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