Assign variables

Hi im not good in php much i want to know how to do this. please help me

im executing shell command in php like this

exec('du -s ' . $homepath . escapeshellcmd($username), $return); 

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this output something like this

25632508 /home/user1

Code (markup):

so i want to assign only 25632508 to a variable like $usage
i dont need /home/user1 part.

How can i do it?

Thank you.

 

Try this:

$parts = explode(' ',$return);
$usage = $parts[0];

Hope that helps.

 

its not work for me if i echo $usage im getting out put as Array

 

hmmm.. Odd.

Works for me, the echo delivers the first part of the $return

Lets try this:

$the_txt = exec('du -s ' . $homepath . escapeshellcmd($username), $return);

$parts = explode(' ',$the_txt);
$usage = $parts[0];

Again.. just a quick attempt, not tested.

 

ya now it works!!! Thanks mate.

One small question

if out put is like 25G /home/user1
[lot of spaces between 25G and /home/user1 ]

is there any way to assign this ?

 

Glad that worked out for you!

For the lots of spaces... I suppose you could spit it at the '/' -- > altho you will get more parts, its still the first part you want, so that should also work for you.

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Thank you very much for your time