Reboot From PHP Page
<?php
//----- DO THE REBOOT -----
//THIS SUDO COMMAND NEEDS TO BE AUTHORISED FOR APACHE TO USE IT IN THE FILE: sudo nano /etc/sudoers
// # Special for this system - let apache run exes we use in the web interface
// www-data ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot
echo '<pre>';
system("(sleep 2 ; sudo /sbin/reboot ) > /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $!");
echo '</pre>';
?>
The sleep causes a 2 second delay before its actions.
The "> /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $!" causes the system command to return immediately and for the command to be issued in the background, allowing the page to load before the reboot actually occurs.
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4 years ago
Remove the ‘echo’ in /dev/null 2>&1 & echo $!”);
Otherwise the process # is displayed on the webpage.