RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: Can't get exec() to work

From the online version of the manual: "For users of PHP4 & Apache on Windows2000/XP: If you're trying to execute a command-line application from PHP that has to show a (console) window on your desktop, make sure you enable the option to 'allow service to interact with desktop' in de service properties of Apache. (See your Windows services) CAUTION: This can lead to security problems if your setting up a publicly available webserver!" HTH, Mikey > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus Haase [mailto:mail@marcus.haase.name] > Sent: 12 June 2003 12:21 > To: php-windows@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Re: Can't get exec() to work > > > I would suggest, that system() is only valid for command-line > applications, calc.exe is a GUI-Application, so it won't work. > > Please, somebody correct me if I'm wrong, this is just what I experienced. > > > Bill Szerdy wrote: > > I am running Windows 2000 sp3, IIS5.0, PHP v4.3.2 > > > > I can't get anything to execute from the exec() function calling from a > > webpage but I can get it to work from command line. > > > > I have granted permissions to cmd.exe, copied cmd.exe to my php > directory as > > well as made sure safe_mode was off. > > > > When I call exec("calc.exe") from a webpage the page hangs > indefinitly until > > I kill the process. > > > > Any help would be appreciated > > > > > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >