[TYPO3-mvc] How do I execute an external program from extbase?

[Henjo Hoeksma]

On 2011-07-17 16:46:51 +0200, mario chiari said:

> Hello
> 
> I would like to implement something like the following lines of code:
> 
>         // Opening the pdflatex process
> 	// changing directory to make pdflatex write the aux, log and pdf file
> in the workfile directory
> 	$command = "cd " . t3lib_extMgm::siteRelPath("pdf_export") .
> "workfiles; " . $cObj['pdflatexPath'] . "pdflatex&> texerror";
> 	$f=popen($command, "w");
> 
> (from pdf_export
> http://typo3.org/extensions/repository/view/pdf_export/current/info/class.tx_pdf_export.php/)

How 
> 
> do you do something like that in extbase?
> Is there something I may look at and hack?
> 
> Thanks a lot
> mario

Hi Mario,

I would include the class (using require_once) from within a specific 
action to handle this.
That way you have access over those functions and the class becomes 
your library.

You might need to write a view for that too.

Henjo