Using wget with shell_exec and at command? - php

I've been struggling with shell_exec PHP function and at linux command for 2 days.
To make it short, this works:
shell_exec('/usr/bin/at 09:32 <<EOF
touch /var/www/website/hello.txt
EOF'
);
this doesn't:
shell_exec('/usr/bin/at 09:32 <<EOF
wget -O - -q -t 1 "http://192.168.56.101/website/test.php?param=hello" >/dev/null 2>&1
EOF'
);
Why ?
(note: the code above does work in console)
Thanks in advance.


Ok I've got it at last !!
For those who are interested the pb comes that the wget command also need to be invoked with the full path (ie: /usr/bin/wget).
What misleaded me is that the touch command doesn't need it. It's weird but anyway here's the working code:
shell_exec('/usr/bin/at 09:32 <<EOF
/usr/bin/wget -O - -q -t 1 "http://192.168.56.101/website/test.php?param=hello" >/dev/null 2>&1
EOF'
);

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