running several commands using php's shell_exec

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I've tried for a while now every way possibly known to me, and have yet to crack this thing, it's probably very trivial but couldn't find the answer.

I want to run several commands at once using php shell_exec, for example shell_exec("cd ..; dir") but I am unable to find how to execute a few commands, what is the seperator? is it ;, is it /n? nothing seems to work.

Please note I am running with windows.

On Unix, you can separate commands with ;; not sure about Windows. That said, what's wrong with doing multiple shell_exec() calls? Much easier to debug, too. — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Feb 18, 2013 at 15:32
@Pekka , each shell exec launches a new instance of shell, so they're missing the context — Itai Sagi
– Itai Sagi, Commented Feb 18, 2013 at 15:35

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-20 10:18:20Z

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&& will execute command 2 when command 1 is complete providing it didn't fail, & will execute regardless.

edited Mar 20, 2017 at 10:18

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answered Feb 18, 2013 at 15:34

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