Re: Re: running cmd via php

On 12/11/07 6:02 PM, "Chris" <dmagick@gmail.com> wrote: > Jochem Maas wrote: >> Chris wrote: >>> Dan wrote: >>>> First off I must ask, why do you need to run windows commands when you >>>> don't even know how to use a PHP function. >>> That's a pretty extreme response - >> >> maybe he's an extreme programmer :-P >> >>> maybe the OP forgot the function name >>> or didn't know it in the first place. >>> >>> There is a lot of stuff in php and there's no way anyone will remember >>> every part of it. >> >> let's not forget the place you learned the command in the first place?!?! >> >> manual meet the new guy, new guy meet the manual - >> may you have many beautiful children together. > > Doesn't help if you don't know what to look for in the first place :) > > I'm all for rtfm type responses but if you're not sure what category to > start looking in how does it help? Don't tell me you'd scan the 189 > categories for lack of a better term (taken from > http://www.php.net/manual/en/funcref.php) to look for a > particular fn > that you don't know the name of let alone which area it belongs in. OK then how about a STFW answer... Google : php exexcute windows commands You can even hit the "I'm feeling lucky button." ;) -- Stephen Johnson The Lone Coder http://www.ouradoptionblog.com *Join us on our adoption journey* stephen@thelonecoder.com http://www.thelonecoder.com *Continuing the struggle against bad code* --