Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables?

From	crankypuss <no@email.thanks>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables?
Date	2012-01-27 03:16 -0700
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On 01/25/2012 03:25 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 1/25/2012 2:47 PM, crankypuss wrote:
>> I'm sure there's a way to do this, probably some simple syntax I've not
>> run into and am too stupid to find in the manual or through google-fu or
>> otherwise.
>>
>> I'd like to issue an arbitrary shell command in a subroutine and have it
>> return an array that contains one element representing stdout and
>> another element representing stderr.
>>
>> For example, using tar to deal with a bazillion files, error messages
>> might not be seen when specifying verbose output; I'd like to collect
>> them and display after stdout.
>>
>> I've not found any syntax, yet, for redirecting to a PHP variable rather
>> than some file.
>>
>> tia.
>
> Take a look at the proc_open(). The examples show how do return stdout
> and stderr in separate streams.

Thanks Jerry, someone else mentioned that too, and it looks like it will 
probably do the trick though I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to play 
with it.

> It may be more than you need (this is made to be interactive between the
> PHP script and the process), but you don't HAVE to send data to the
> process.

I've never minded putting large amounts of effort into building 
something with a simple general purpose interface, those efforts tend to 
repay tenfold.

(On a personal note, haven't you retired yet?  Or are you like me, 
addicted to code for life?)

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redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-25 12:47 -0700
  Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-25 22:42 +0100
  Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-25 22:46 +0100
    Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-25 15:53 -0700
      Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-26 01:33 -0700
        Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-26 09:46 +0100
          Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-26 02:23 -0700
            Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-01-26 14:35 +0100
            Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-01-26 07:49 -0600
        Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-01-26 09:00 +0000
          Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-26 02:27 -0700
            Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-01-26 11:43 +0100
              Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-26 04:14 -0700
                Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-26 13:25 +0100
                Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-26 07:11 -0700
                Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-01-26 16:18 +0100
                Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-27 03:11 -0700
  Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-25 17:25 -0500
    Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-27 03:16 -0700
      Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-27 08:49 -0500
        Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-01-27 16:00 +0100
          Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-27 10:12 -0500
            Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-01-27 10:37 -0600
              Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2012-01-30 21:37 -0500
            Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-28 05:00 -0700
  Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-01-25 16:52 -0600
    Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-27 03:22 -0700
      Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-27 12:25 +0100
        Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-28 05:03 -0700
          Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-01-28 11:40 -0600
          Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-01-29 00:40 +0100
  Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Curtis Dyer <dyer85@gmail.com> - 2012-01-25 22:56 +0000
    Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-01-27 03:23 -0700
      Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2012-01-27 11:42 +0100
        Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? Curtis Dyer <dyer85@gmail.com> - 2012-01-29 04:56 +0000
  Re: redirect stdout and stderr to PHP variables? [solved] crankypuss <no@email.thanks> - 2012-02-01 05:22 -0700

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