escapeshellcmdEscape shell metacharacters Description
string escapeshellcmd(string
$command )escapeshellcmd escapes any characters in a string that might be used to trick a shell command into executing arbitrary commands. This function should be used to make sure that any data coming from user input is escaped before this data is passed to the exec or system functions, or to the backtick operator.
Following characters are preceded by a backslash:
Parameters
Return ValuesThe escaped string. Examples
Example #1 escapeshellcmd example
NotesWarning
escapeshellcmd should be used on the whole command string, and it still allows the attacker to pass arbitrary number of arguments. For escaping a single argument escapeshellarg should be used instead. Warning
Spaces will not be escaped by escapeshellcmd
which can be problematic on Windows with paths like:
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