Question

How to exectue a shell file with PHP?

I have a file called sync.sh, so how to run the file in php and how to take the response after complete the execution? I think shell_exec() will help to trigger the file but how can I get the response that script is completed the task properly or not?

Answer 1

According to the documentation:

Return Values

The output from the executed command or NULL if an error occurred.

Just get the return value of that function.

$result = shell_exec('sync.sh');

And $result will contain what you want.