Re: help with exec()...

well... I didn't check for the errormessage return... but as for the user... I'm running on Win98, remember?

Were you the "nobody" user when you did that? It really doesn't count for much if you weren't, cuz PHP runs as "nobody" -- or similar depending on User directive in httpd.conf Also, that user has a different environment than you -- So the $PATH variable that might have mysqldump in it for you, isn't there for them. and it worked... created the 'somefile.sql' and all. But none of the functions (exec, system..) works. When I use system it outputs me some header for mysqldump and that's all... What, if any, error output and errorcode did you get from the optional variables to exec? exec($cmd, $output, $errorcode); echo implode("<BR>\n", $output); echo "errorcode is $errorcode<BR>\n"; -- WARNING richard@zend.com address is an endangered species -- Use ceo@l-i-e.com Wanna help me out? Like Music? Buy a CD: http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm Volunteer a little time: http://chatmusic.com/volunteer.htm