Run .sh file using exec Laravel PHP

Question

I am trying to run a .sh file that will import a excel file to my database. Both files are in same directory inside the public folder. For some reason the exec command isn\'

Answer 1

All of these answers are outdated now, instead use (Symfony 4.2 or higher):

$process = Process::fromShellCommandline('/deploy.sh');

Or

$process = new Process(['/deploy.sh']);

https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/process.html