PHP shell_exec() won't execute screen command to run .jar file

Question

I am working on a minecraft control panel in Ubuntu and thus I need to start/stop a .jar filewith shell_exec();

When I try commands like "whoami", the output is normal. But when I try this:

shell_exec("screen -dmS mcsrv java -Xmx512M -jar /var/www/srv/craftbukkit.jar -o true nogui");

It does not do anything, I have checked the permissions too and www-data is the owner of the files

btw: wouldn't it be easier to start the minecraft server like all the other services/daemons under ubuntu as described at wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Dedizierter_Minecraft-Server (in german, but google translate does an OK job there, it starts with "To improve the handling of the server...") ? — VolkerK
– VolkerK, Commented Mar 31, 2014 at 6:43

VolkerK · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-31 06:34:43Z

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Try to redirect the standard error stream to stdout (by appending 2>&1 to the command), fetch that output and print it to check whether there was a meaningful error message

$cmd = "screen -dmS mcsrv java -Xmx512M -jar /var/www/srv/craftbukkit.jar -o true nogui";
$redirect = '2>&1';
// using variable substitution only for readability here 
shell_exec("$cmd $redirect", $output);
var_dump($output);

answered Mar 31, 2014 at 6:34

VolkerK

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