backtick operator (``)
this probably isnt so much a question about backticks as it is a question about linux.
im trying to retrieve whois information from my php script.
something like this:
<?php
echo \"<pre>\";
echo `whois somedomain.com 2>&1`;
echo \"</pre>\";
?>prints out "sh: whois: command not found"
although whois is installed and works from a prompt.
why am i able to use whois through telnet but not from my php scripts? other commands, such as ls, work fine from my script...
Mark Hensler posted this at 02:19 — 11th August 2001.
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well, I'm not a linux expert...
but I think whois is a daemon, right? So wouldn't it have a different permission set than ls?
mairving posted this at 15:15 — 11th August 2001.
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You might try using the full path to whois, usually /usr/bin/whois
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