note 105381 added to function.exec

$cmd = "C:\Program Files (x86)\pl\bin\swipl -f test1.pl -g test " halt; exec( $cmd ); nothing happens when i try to run my php code it waits for while and returns to command prompt on windows/system32/exe but when i execute the same command on cmd line i get the desired out put C:\Program Files (x86)\pl\bin\swipl -f test1.pl -g test " halt; i had been trying it for last two days, any help will be highly appreciated Thanks in advance for all people who will give it a thought and help me ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 98.252.164.27 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105381 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105381/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105381/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105381/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105381/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105381/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105381/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105381 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105381 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php