Re: EXEC and Windows

try exec('start c:\progra~1\swish-e\swish-e.exe -w test -f C:/Progra~1/EasyPHP/www/atelier_dev/data/index.swish-e',$out); will start a seperate process but may kickstart it for you, I find exec a bit wobbly on windows depending on the .exe in hand so I more often than not just create a batchfile with my command-line in it and then exec the bat file, but then you get no returned value anyway :) , not knowing exactly what your script is doing its hard to know how to help. Regards, Simon Wheeler firepages "Nicole Amashta" <430ntr3k@bellsouth.net> wrote in message news:3CE52138.4060508@bellsouth.net... > Hi, > > 'exec' will returm the last line of any output. > > The syntax is: > > <snip > src="http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php"> > > string exec ( string command [, string array [, int return_var]]) > > </snip> > > If you include the second parameter, the contents of the output will be > placed in the array, each line being an element in the array. > > <?php > $lastline = exec( "$command", $resultsArray ); > > ## print out the results, if any. > for($i=0; $i < sizeof($resultsArray); $i++) > { > ## you have to echo out the > ## results from each element > ## of the array. > echo $resultsArray[$i] . '<br>'; > } > ?> > > HTH! > Nicole Amashta > www.aeontrek.com > > Bernard Florent wrote: > > Hello > > > > I try to use EXEC function to execute a command line. The command line is > > correct but the exec doesn't return anything. > > > > Have you any idea about it ? > > > > I give you my source : > > > > exec('"c:\progra~1\swish-e\swish-e.exe" -w "test" -f > > C:/Progra~1/EasyPHP/www/atelier_dev/data/index.swish-e',$out); > > > > >