Re: Redirect text from stdout to a variable?

From: W. D. (WD_at_US-Webmasters.com)
Date: 01/31/04

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    At 05:27 1/31/2004, Quintin Riis wrote:
    >In Bourne shell:
    >
    >blah=$(something | something)
    >blah2=`blah -K 2 -z`
    >
    > Quintin

    Thanks, Quintin!

    My problem is that when I try to do something like that, I get
    something like this:

    Cannot execute using backquotes in safe mode

    Any other ideas?

    >
    >W. D. wrote:
    >> Hey folks,
    >>
    >> Is it possible to redirect text from stdout to a variable?
    >>
    >> I do something like this and get the output on the screen:
    >>
    >> echo "Some Text to be Encrypted" | /usr/local/bin/gpg -a --always-trust
    >--batch --no-secmem-warning -e -u "GPG Tester " -r
    >"SomeDude@TheDudesDomain.com"
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Most sites advise to do something like this if using PHP:
    >>
    >> $cmd = "echo $msg | $gpg --batch --no-secmem-warn --armor --home $home_dir \
    >> -u $fm --default-key $fm -r $to --encrypt --sign";
    >>
    >> $message_body = `$cmd`;
    >>
    >> mail($to,'Web Site Order',$message_body);
    >>
    >> However, "safe mode" is on, and won't let me do it. Any ideas?
    >>
    >>
    >>
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