How can caching affect the execution of shell scripts in PHP?

Caching can affect the execution of shell scripts in PHP by storing the results of previous executions, which can lead to outdated or incorrect data being used. To solve this issue, you can disable caching for the shell script execution by using the `shell_exec` function with the `clearstatcache` function to clear the file status cache before executing the script. 

// Clear the file status cache
clearstatcache();

// Execute the shell script without caching
$output = shell_exec('your_shell_script.sh');

// Output the result
echo $output;

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