running a command/script from php 1

[zyrag]

is it possible to run shell commands/scripts from php? if so, how?

for example, at the branch, i want to run gzip so i could compress files into a single one, then using my upload routine, i could upload the file into the remote server. after then, i shall gunzip the file at the remote server.

is this possible?

 

[skiflyer]

Two methods,

shell_exec("command line"

or
`command line`;

The second one is not an apostrophe, it's a backtick.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php

http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.execution.php

-Rob