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mikehaertl/php-shellcommand
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An object oriented interface to shell commands

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php-shellcommand
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[](#php-shellcommand)

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php-shellcommand provides a simple object oriented interface to execute shell commands.

Installing
----------

[](#installing)

### Prerequisites

[](#prerequisites)

Your php version must be `5.4` or later.

### Installing with composer

[](#installing-with-composer)

This package can be installed easily using composer.

```
composer require mikehaertl/php-shellcommand

```

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Catches `stdOut`, `stdErr` and `exitCode`
- Handle argument escaping
- Pass environment vars and other options to `proc_open()`
- Pipe resources like files or streams into the command
- Timeout for execution

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

### Basic Example

[](#basic-example)

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