Question

I have this shell script

    #!/bin/sh

#############################################################
# Example startup script for the SecureTrading Xpay4 client #
# Install Xpay4 into /usr/local/xpay4                       #
# To run this script automatically at startup, place the    #
# following line at the end of the bootup script.           #
# eg. for RedHat linux: /etc/rc.d/rc.local                  #
#                                                           #
# /usr/local/xpay4/xpay4.sh                                 #
#############################################################

# Configuration options

# Path to java executable
JAVAPATH=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home

########## Do not alter anything below this line ##########
echo "Starting Xpay4. Please ensure the Xpay4 client is not already running"
$JAVAPATH/java -jar /usr/local/xpay4/Xpay4.jar /usr/local/xpay4/xpay4.ini &

And I am trying to run it using,

system("/x/sh/shell.sh");

I am doing this when a user navigates to a certain page on my site, however I am getting just a white blank screen is there a way to error check with system(), I am currently using

error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRCIT)

and that is applied site wide

Answer 1

You might also try displaying the output from your script in case there is some issue with calling it from php:

system("/x/sh/shell.sh", $output);
echo $output;

Hopefully that will give you a more interesting output.