PHP + Bash script

mudasir · Post by **mudasir** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:14 pm

AOA,

Dear LP members,

I am writing a PHP script, which will take input from users. As soon as the users press enter, the input from the script should become a variable of a bash script that will run some commands.

like if a user enter "bla bla"

a variable should be created and this "bla bla" should be stored in that varialbe, which can be used in a bash script.

As the bash script will be completed, it should be redirected to a HTML or a PHP page with the output of the BASH script.

Looking forward for your help.

Post by **LinuxFreaK** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:54 am

Dear mudasir,
Salam,

What are difficulties you are facing in that ?

Best Regards.

mudasir · Post by **mudasir** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:57 am

AOA,

Dear Farrukh bhai,

THe PHP script that will take the inpu from user is complete, no i dont know how to convert that input in a bash variable, and start the bash script as the php script starts to work.

Post by **LinuxFreaK** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:10 am

Dear mudasir,
Salam,

mudasir wrote:THe PHP script that will take the inpu from user is complete, no i dont know how to convert that input in a bash variable, and start the bash script as the php script starts to work.

Can you post your php script ?

Best Regards.

mudasir · Post by **mudasir** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:16 am

Dear Farrukh bhai,

<html><head><title>Directory Search</title></head>
<body><form action="index.php" method="post" name="form1">
Search: <input type="text" name="user">
<BR><input type="submit" value="submit">
</form></body></html>

this is the simple php script that i am trying to write.

Now what ever the user will input, must be processed by a bash script. thats what i want.

Manners Taliban · Post by **lambda** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:57 pm

that's the web page (all html), not the php code.

compucated · Post by **compucated** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 6:30 pm

Don't know either you are not going at right way with PHP coding (as you posted just html code), or don't want to post your php code.

Anyway, you don't need to send your variables toward bash script to execute, you can also execute your php variable directly.

i.e.

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exec("echo $php-variable");

moreover, what I guess you are trying to write front end for MT. isn't it?
if yes, see below this will give you some clues:

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$output = "/ip hotspot user add name=".$values["Login"]." "."password=".$values["Password"]." "."mac-address=".$values["MAC"]." "."profile=".$values["Package"]." "."disabled=".$values["Status"];
exec("/usr/bin/ssh $user@$mt-ip $output 'comment=\"$comments\"'");

Although I finished PHP/MySql based front end for MT database year ago, but I can not post those as they includes some blocks of copyright material.

Best of luck

Manners Taliban · Post by **lambda** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:19 pm

what if i wrote "blah; rm /etc/passwd" in the text field?

compucated · Post by **compucated** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:28 pm

lambda wrote:what if i wrote "blah; rm /etc/passwd" in the text field?

I love your witty reply

httpd.log > Permission Denied

Nothing happen, with default http configuration, as none of http server running as root by default, and in case http server is running with root permissions (not recommended in any way), its gone!

TIP: There is backup of passwd file with "passwd-" or "opasswd".

Although lambda made a fun, but I like to clarify for beginners that PHP permissions laid under http server, all execution's through PHP also execute as a user, with which your httpd is running.

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