PHP: "java" is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

I am trying to run a .jar application from PHP using exec:

exec('java -jar parser.jar $inputstring 2>&1', $output); 

I can make it work on cmd and java -version is returned, so I installed java. It seems like it's a path issue, but I'm on my way.

I tried to specify the full path by adding C: \ Program Files (x86) \ Java \ jdk1.8.0_91 \ bin; to system variables using shell_exec but that didn't help. I get the same error.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Use it ....

 exec('java -jar parser.jar '.$inputstring.'2>&1', $output); or shell_exec("java -jar parser.jar $inputstring 2>&1 $output"); or string exec ( 'java -jar parser.jar' [, array &$output [, int &$return_var ]] )