Doc #65012 [Opn->Fbk]: exec command not working from browser

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65012&edit=1 ID: 65012 Updated by: ab@php.net Reported by: pganesan at corenttech dot com Summary: exec command not working from browser -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Type: Documentation Problem Package: Apache related Operating System: WAMP PHP Version: 5.3.26 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Basically it works like this exec('c:\\windows\\system32\cmd.exe /C "c:\\my\\commando.exe --arg"'); All the backslashes have to be escaped. Also you'll need to use escapeshellarg() if you pass something dynamically or if there are spaces in the path. Also it's better to put the suffix as well, like command.exe . Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2013-06-11 11:47:31] pganesan at corenttech dot com Description: ------------ trying to database dump using following Query using exec command, exec('pg_dump -U postgres -h localhost -p 5432 recipedb1 > C:\TEMP\dumpfilename1.sql'); exec('C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\9.0\bin\pg_dump -U postgres -h localhost -p 5432 recipedb1 > C:\TEMP\dumpfilename1.sql'); But Its working fine from running in terminal(cli mode), Please check ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=65012&edit=1