note 25912 added to ref.exec

I have read all of the messages and maybe I'm dense but I don't see anything of any use here. I am trying to execute a .bat file from a PHP script running in a browser. I can trigger the .bat file but it only process about 2 lines of the file and then stops. I have also tried executing the commands contained in the .bat file directly from the PHP script (cutting the .bat file out of the equation) That doesn't work either. I have tried exec(), passthru() and system(). None of them work at all. If anybody has any real, working ideas please let me know. BTW I am running Apache 1.3 and PHP 4.0 on WinXP -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+25912 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+25912 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+25912