Calling MySQL exe using PHP exec doesn't work

Question

I have an extremely simple script with PHP exec, calling mysql command:

  $dbhost = \'localhost\';
  $dbuser = \'root\';
  $dbpass          


        

Answer 1

I found the solution

The problem is that you need to explicitly enclosed the $cmd in "".i.e.,

exec('"'.$cmd.'"',$out ,$retval);

This is the full code that works: