note 57505 added to function.exec

in response to chads2k2.yahoo.com nice one! only way I got WindXP SP2 Apache 2.0.54 PHP 5.0.4 to exec anything. your code encapsulated: <?php function windExec($cmd,$outputfile = "C:\\tmp\\tmp.txt"){ // runs a command line and returns // the output even for Wind XP SP2 // example: $cmd = "fullpath.exe -arg1 -arg2" // $outputString = windExec($cmd,"C:\\my_alternate\\path_to\\a_tmp_file.txt"); // Setup the command to run from "run" $cmdline = "cmd /C $cmd > $outputfile"; // Make a new instance of the COM object $WshShell = new COM("WScript.Shell"); // Make the command window but dont show it. $oExec = $WshShell->Run($cmdline, 0, true); // Read the file file. $retArr = file($outputfile); // Delete the temp_file. unlink($outputfile); // convert array to string $retStr = implode(' ', $retArr); return $retStr; } ?> Piece. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+57505 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57505&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57505&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57505&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57505&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57505&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57505&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+57505&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+57505&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php