i'm a php and html novice and i figured i'd learn by diving in. i've written a php script that i've placed in the /var/www/html directory. it's supposed to give some relative info about the system when you point a browser at it. if i run the script using "php -q index.php" all the retrieved values are there, however when you point a browser at it the Hardware, Serial Number and Processor(s) values are blank. any suggestions(hints also appreciated) as to why the values are absent in the browser but present when run manually would be appreciated. i used `` rather than shell_exec to save on typing. while i'm sure there are other ways to do this and possibly smarter, you have to start somewhere:
the browser looks something like this:
and running the php script on the command line looks like:
Dear all.....
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