sudo in php exec()

Question

I don\'t know what the deal is here…

So I want to run an applescript: sudo osascript myscript.scpt

This works fine in the terminal, but not when

Answer 1

I recently published a project that allows PHP to obtain and interact with a real Bash shell. Get it here: https://github.com/merlinthemagic/MTS The shell has a pty (pseudo terminal device, same as you would have in i.e. a ssh session), and you can get the shell as root if desired. Not sure you need root to execute your script, but given you mention sudo it is likely.

After downloading you would simply use the following code:

$shell    = \MTS\Factories::getDevices()->getLocalHost()->getShell('bash', true);
$return1  = $shell->exeCmd('/path/to/osascript myscript.scpt');