How to execute swetest.exe on shared hosting?

[vvsshukla]

Is there any way to make exec function work on shared hosting as i got to know that exec function does not work on shared hosting.

[sultankamandev]

Is there any way to make exec function work on shared hosting as i got to know that exec function does not work on shared hosting.

$sweph= public_path().'/sweph'; // .se1 files directory
$exeFilePath=public_path().'/swetest'; // executable file - don't forget to enable execute permission for the file
exec("$exeFilePath -edir$sweph -b$utday -ut$utdateTime -p0123456789 -eswe -house$longitude,$latitude,$h_sys -flsj -g, -head", $out);

[meggistorvard]

here my solution

$docroot = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . "/somedir";
if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3)) === 'WIN') { $fullpath = $docroot . "/swetest.exe"; $swephsrc = $docroot . '/sweph'; $sweph = $docroot . '/sweph'; } else { $fullpath = "/home/someuser/bin/swetest"; $swephsrc = '/home/someuser/bin'; $sweph = '/home/someuser/bin/sweph'; }
exec ("$fullpath -edir$sweph -bj$ejd -p$p_idx -eswe -fls -g, -head", $out);

Make sure the swetest file and ephemeris files in sweph folder are present.
Bye

[tomherold]

Does this also work for a UNIX server? I can't make it work, even with the right path.