How to execute a shell script in PHP?

Question

I have a script in /var/www/myscript.sh which creates folders and runs the command svn update for my projects. I need to execute this script by calling

Answer 1

You might have disabled the exec privileges, most of the LAMP packages have those disabled. Check your php.ini for this line:

disable_functions = exec

And remove the exec, shell_exec entries if there are there.

Good Luck!