Re: popen() and fputs() functions work?

Josh, Yes, please! Could you also please confirm which system the original file worked on? I'm on webmail tonight & have no history.... Cheers, Steph >Yes thanks these do work and the fiel is read and writen to, But I need to >open another running program and issue it commands while it is running in >the background. I have got been successfull at making the .exe program start >up and run properly int the background I just have not been abot the issue >it commands through fputs(). I really need to know if its at all possibel to >do so and I am really getting frustrated :-) the program open in front and >then just sits there with no commands being sent to it. Does it matter that >the other program is written in C Language or probably C++? > >Thank you very much for your help Steph. I will try and get an example up >tonihgt or tommorrow. SO you can see what I am talking about. > >Thanks again, >Josh Seward >js389599@ohiou.edu > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steph" <Steph.Fox@btinternet.com> >To: "Josh Seward" <js389599@ohiou.edu> >Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 5:38 AM >Subject: Fw: [PHP-GTK] popen() and fputs() functions work? > > >ps I think I know why the original might work on 'nix but not on doze. Did >M report it as a working sample, and if so, what on please???? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steph" <Steph.Fox@btinternet.com> >To: "Josh Seward" <js389599@ohiou.edu> >Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 10:24 AM >Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK] popen() and fputs() functions work? > > >Josh - > >OK, it's morning, I'm awaker! > >Both these files work on my machine (win98) perfectly. > >There's a problem with following popen with fopen; fopen gets confused & >tries to open "$PHP_SELF" so to speak. > >If you put fclose before popen nothing works At All. I think it needs to be >two separate routines - one main, one called. > >Anyway check these on yours, the functions themselves work fine. > >Cheers anon, >Steph > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Josh Seward" <js389599@ohiou.edu> >To: "Steph" <steph.fox@btinternet.com> >Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 3:06 AM >Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK] popen() and fputs() functions work? > > > >First you have to > > chdir('c:\\dir\\to\\file\\'); > > to the dir where josh.php is >or at least to where the file is its looking for. > >thanks, > >SLEEP!! >:-) But please reply tommorrow if you think of anything! > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steph" <Steph.Fox@btinternet.com> >To: "Josh Seward" <js389599@ohiou.edu> >Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 9:39 PM >Subject: Re: [PHP-GTK] popen() and fputs() functions work? > > >Ah, interesting. The second time I ran it I got an error msg and no dir \p. > >Err msg as follows: > ><br> ><b>Warning</b>: fopen("something.txt","r") - No such file or directory in ><b>C:\php\samples\Josh.php</b> on line <b>9</b><br> >Unable to read >something.txt >C:\php\samples\Josh.php has been running > >(that last bit's my filerunner's msg) > >- why is it looking for it in the .php file????? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Josh Seward" <js389599@ohiou.edu> >To: "php-gtk" <php-gtk@lists.php.net>; <php- windows@lists.php.net> >Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 1:02 AM >Subject: [PHP-GTK] popen() and fputs() functions work? > > >Hello, > >I would like to know if anyone can get the popen() function and the fputs() >function to work on a windows machine. (I use win200.) > >thanks, >Josh Seward >js389599@ohiou.edu > > > > > > > > > > >