I have a Newport temperature monitor that I can query using httpget within a CMD box. However, when I try to use the system function in PHP it will not allow me to place the output in a variable. It just displays the output within the browser page. My goal is to split the data string and place them into a mysql table. I appreciate any help anyone can give me in how to get the output to a variable or a better way to get it into a mysql table.

Thanks

Example:

PHP Code:

<?php
echo '<pre>';
$temps = system('c:\httpget -r -S ERDGALL 192.168.100.210:2000 -C1 -q', $retval);
echo $temps;
?>

Try using exec. System should be returning the last line of command line output. Exec works the same way except it allows you to specify a reference to a variable to store the entire output in:

PHP Code:

$output;
exec('my command', $output);
echo $output; 


Thanks!

It just said Array in the browser when I did it with echo $output.
So I changed echo $output to $output[0] and it is now working.

Much appreciated.