Check out the "Program Execution functions" here :
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php
As well as the `backtick` execution operator :
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.execution.php
Consider exec() :
exec — Execute an external program :
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http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
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