how to do a linux reboot from php file

Question

I have a user brftv on my linux system and I have www-data that runs the nginx.

from the terminal I can let my brftv user run

sudo /sbin/reboot
         


        

Answer 1

Why did you put -u brftv in there? That makes your PHP script try to run the reboot as your user, which won't work. Only root can reboot the system. Remove it.