RE: [PHP] Exec() in Windows NT

> I posted a question earlier regarding this topic, and after investigating > still further, the evidence seems to indicate that the output is not > returned by exec() due to the configuration of the Internet Information > Server. When I run my PHP scripts from the DOS prompt, it works as > expected, but when I access the same scripts (through the same PHP CGI > program), the files no longer send output. > > I am trying to retrieve some configuration data from another application. > In order to handle the changes in configuration file's format, they have > provided an executable that returns requested values by outputing them to > the screen. In Linux, this works great since I can use the exec > command to > retrieve the output and populate my variables. In Windows, I have > discovered, it does not, because no output is generated by > programs executed > by the exec() function. > > However, I have found an interesting work-around (which I > despise) in that I > can call another executable via the exec command that then calls this > configuration application with a redirect to a file. This file > can then be > read by PHP to get the data... extremely clunky. > > Is there a way to configure IIS to allow executables to generate > output when > called from PHP? Or is this a problem with PHP-win32? > > Or, if all else fails, does anyone have any other more clever ideas for > getting around this problem? > OK Various options.. Dont know if this will work but try the following.. after the exec $fp = fopen("php://stdin",r); while(!feof($fp)) { echo fgets($fp); } or exec("progname.exe >file"); then readin file and process it. James