Re: exec or system in windowz to stop mysql or apache from remote (and restart them)

On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Delbono wrote: > Hello, > > did any of you experiment EXEC or PASSTHRU or SYSTEM in windows? > > I tried: > > <? > $cmd = "c:\apache\htdocs\ec.bat"; > system($cmd, $out); > echo $out; > exit; > > ?> > > Where ec.bat is simply: > > echo "done" > exit > > > (dos batch commands) > > If I execute the exec.php file, a dos win pops up, executes the echo > command, exits, but in the browser nothing happens. And php hangs to wait > for something, like it is described in the manual. > > I read I have to pass output to a file or something but don't know how. > I saw samples for linux, but I work with dos/win and those examples don't > work for me (Or I'm not able to get them working) > > > Do you have any advice for me? Or working sample? > > > > > For the fact that the dos win pops up I can modify ALLOW APPLICATION TO > INTERACT WITH DESKTOP directive, but for the rest I don't know. > > > > // I'd like to be able to stop-restart Mysqld from remote and even try to > stop/restart apache from remote.. > with a batch file. > Thnaks > The process execution functions/commands (exec(), passthru(), system(), and ``) don't currently work under Win32. Try using COM to have another program execute the batch file. -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>