PHP calling Bash-script

manpreet Best Answer 3 years ago

I have real problems getting this PHP-script "search.php" that is called from a "form.htm" to work. What am I doing wrong here?

php
   $old_path = getcwd();
   chdir('/var/www/html/SOKHJALPMEDEL/');
   $term1 = $_POST['query1'];
   $argument1 = $_GET['$term1'];
   $term2 = $_POST['query2'];
   $argument2 = $_GET['$term2'];
   echo $nu_kor_vi1;
   $outcome = shell_exec("sokare $argument1 $argument2");
   chdir($old_path);
   echo "
$outcome
";
?>

The script is calling a Bash-script "sokare" that is executable systemwide and residning in "/usr/local/bin". The variables $argument1 and $argument2 are passed from the "form.htm" via $term1 = $_POST['query1']; and $term2 = $_POST['query2']; . The Bash-script looks like this. It is supposed to search any PDF-files residing in "/var/www/html/SOKHJALPMEDEL/" for pages containing both searchwords.

#!/bin/bash

pdfgrep -Hn $1 /var/www/html/SOKHJALPMEDEL/*.pdf | cut -f1,2 -d':' > /tmp/sok1.tmp
pdfgrep -Hn $2 /var/www/html/SOKHJALPMEDEL/*.pdf | cut -f1,2 -d':' > /tmp/sok2.tmp
grep -f /tmp/sok1.tmp /tmp/sok2.tmp

exit 0

I keep on getting this error in "/var/log/apache2/error.log" : PHP Notice: Undefined index: $term2 in /var/www/html/SOKHJALPMEDEL/search.php on line 7, referer: http://localhost/SOKHJALPMEDEL/form.htm

Any help clearing my mess up is beautiful:-)

/Paul