Re: Unable to execute c++ .exe file from php

I see. Well, it isn't executing, then. It doesn't surprise me that the output doesn't go to the browser, but not showing up in the file seals the deal. Sorry I can't be of more help. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ladan Pickering" <ladan_pickering@yahoo.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Cc: <mike@basementideas.com> Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Unable to execute c++ .exe file from php > Very good question Mike. > In my hello.cc file, I have a cout to the stdout and > I open a file and write a couple of lines to it. The > reason I believe it is not running is that when > the .php file is running from the cli, I see my > "cout" and the file (test.txt) that I open is created > and my lines are written to it. When I run the same > .php file from within my browser, the cout is not > displayed and the file (test.txt) is not created. > > I am new to Windows, do you see something that I am > not doing correctly? > > Thanks > > My question is how do you know it's not running? If > it really is a "hello > world" application, where do you want the output to > go? To the browser? > That's pretty involved. Try making it write to a file > and see if it > contains any output after execution. > > Mike > > > > "Ernest E Vogelsinger" <ernest@vogelsinger.at> wrote > in message > news:5.1.1.6.2.20021108155320.03285f28@mail.vogelsinger.at... > > At 15:30 08.11.2002, Ladan Pickering spoke out and > said: > > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > > >I am unable to execute my c++ program from within > PHP when it runs as a > > >cgi in Apache. > > >I am able to run: > > > > > >$cmd="dir c:\abc" > > >system ($cmd, $errCode); > > > > > >and see the content of the directory, but I don't > seem to > > >be able to run a simple hello.exe (c++) file. > > > > > >$cmd = "c:\abc\hello.exe"; > > >system ($cmd, $errCode); > > --------------------[snip]-------------------- > > > > I think you need to either escape the backslash > (like c:\\abc\\hello.exe), > > or simply use forward slashes (as c:/abc/hello.exe). > > > > > > -- > > >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger > > (\) ICQ #13394035 > > ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos > http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 >