[GRASSLIST:4549] Re: grass cmd from php???

[Markus Neteler]

On Fri, Oct 15, 2004 at 01:41:22AM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> 
> Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> 
> > Just as a curisity, for a possible future mapserver application....
> > It is possible to execute a grass command from php?
> > If yes, how to pass the command? (it should open a grass session with 
> > all the var needed i guess!)
> 
> Essentially, you need to set the appropriate environment variables
> then run the program. See $GISBASE/etc/Init.sh for a full list of the
> environment variables which are set for a normal interactive session,
> but the important ones are GISBASE and GISRC.
> 
> For a server, you will need to either dynamically create a mapset for
> each "session", or manage a pool of mapsets. The key point is that you
> can't safely run multiple commands simultaneously in a single mapset.


Maybe this mail thread is also helpful:

 http://grass.itc.it/pipermail/grass5/2004-August/015106.html

Markus