Re: exec php.exe in windows

Dave Kennedy wrote:

Env: Windows XP PHP 4.3.10 (cgi-fcgi) I am trying to capture the html output of Balance.php to a file: The code loops over <month> and <branch> to build up a report in export/Balance.html exec('c:\php\php -q Balance.php export=all branch=<branch> month=<month> login=admin password=admin >> export/Balance.html'); This command works in Linux when called from a web page. In Windows it works from the command line but from a web page it hangs - a cmd and php process are left running in the Windows Task Manager Any help would be greatly appreciated Sounds similar to something I had going on. In Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services (I don't know of a shorter way to get there), I had to right-click on the Apache service and under Log On - check Allow service to interact with desktop.

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