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Guide to the LiveAPI System - The exec() Method

The exec() method executes a cPanel tag.

Important:

We strongly recommend that you use an API method (api1(), api2(), or uapi()) or wrapper method instead of this method.

Example

LiveAPI PHP Class

// Execute the feature tag.
$cpanel->exec(feature,1);

LiveAPI Perl Module

# Execute the feature tag.
$cpliveapi->exec(feature,1);

Parameters

Parameter Type Description Possible values Example
tag string The cPanel tag. A valid cPanel tag. feature
skip_return Boolean Whether to return output.

This parameter defaults to 0.
  • 1 — Do not return output.
  • 0 — Return output.
1

Returns

  • If the skip_return value is 0 , the function returns a hash reference of the cPanel tag's output.
  • If the skip_return value is 1 , the function does not return output.