How to mount virtual disk via SSHFS using PHP?

Question

linux

How to mount virtual disk via SSHFS using PHP ?
SERVER_IP - IP of the server I'm connecting to.
PASSWORD - the actual password of the remote user.
/mnt/ssh_drive - path to mount.
Through the console I do this -

echo PASSWORD | sshfs -C -p 22 -o allow_other [email protected]_IP:/ /mnt/ssh_drive -o password_stdin

In PHP code at execution

shell_exec("echo PASSWORD | sshfs -C -p 22 -o allow_other [email protected]_IP:/ /mnt/ssh_drive -o password_stdin")

Nothing happens.
I also tried to access the sh script -

#!/bin/bash

echo 'PASSWORD' | sshfs -C -p 22 -o allow_other [email protected]_IP:/ /mnt/ssh_drive -o password_stdin

OS: Debian 7.

Answer 1

php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php read "Remarks".
try another function instead of shell_exec, for example system or exec
I use quotes for such operations

$x = `echo 'PASSWORD' | sshfs -C -p 22 -o allow_other [email protected]_IP:/ /mnt/ssh_drive -o password_stdin`;
echo $x;

Answer 2

Of course, nothing will happen to you,
and for this you will have to understand from which user your php is running and is he allowed to mount something at all?