RE: [PHP] system() PHP newbie!!

From: Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 11:14:29 +0000
Subject: RE: [PHP] system() PHP newbie!!
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You should escape your backslashes in windows file pathes Sincerely, Maxim Maletsky Founder, Chief Developer PHPBeginner.com (Where PHP Begins) maxim@phpbeginner.com www.phpbeginner.com -----Original Message----- From: Christian Reiniger [mailto:creinig@mayn.de] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:31 PM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] system() PHP newbie!! On Tuesday 20 February 2001 21:17, Kevin Connolly wrote: > just adding the line: system("C:/temp.exe")?? I have also tried > system("C:\temp.exe)!! This is probably a really silly question but I As you use double quotes here, PHP will interpret the "\t" in there as TAB character. Write "C:\\temp.exe" instead. > send me an example or tell me what I am doind wrong? Any assistance is > very much appreciated, Well, it would help if you'd tell us what goes wrong - error messages, things it should do but doesnt ... -- Christian Reiniger LGDC Webmaster (http://sunsite.dk/lgdc/) What luck for the rulers that men do not think. - Adolf Hitler -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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