I am brand new to PHP and I am trying to execute a shell command to initiate a command line scan on my Ubuntu 12.10 box:
I have the following piece of code in my php file (inside submit click handler):
shell_exec('scanimage --format=pdf > scan.pdf')
Is this even possible? I have been able to execute other terminal commands through this API. However in this case nothing happens. I am able to run the above command in a terminal window
I am trying to do the scan on form submit
<form method="post" action="printApp.php">
<input type="submit" name="scan" value="Start New Scan" />
</form>
<?
if(isset($_POST["scan"])){
shell_exec('scanimage --format=pdf > scan.pdf')
}
?>