RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: Executing .exe files Issues

> From: george.pitcher@ingenta.com> To: php-windows@lists.php.net> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 > 07:39:47 +0000> Subject: RE: [PHP-WIN] Re: Executing .exe files Issues> > >| "Alice > Wei" <ajwei@alumni.iu.edu> wrote in message> >| > news:SNT101-W180F682380DC32DBF85BF9F0CE0@phx.gbl...> >|> > >| Hi, PHP Window Users:> >|> >| I have a snippet of code as in the following:> > >|> >| <?php> >| $filename="Test123.txt";> >| > shell_exec("C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\hello.exe -f$filename") or die ("Failed");> > >|> >| ?>> >| The hello.exe was written in C and is meant to produce 6 files.> > >| The issue> >| here is that when I tried to run the PHP here, I keep on seeing> >| > "Failed". Am> >| I not supposed to execute exe files with this method?> >|> > >| Any tip on this would be great.> >|> >| Alice> >| > _________________________________________________________________> >| Express yourself with > gadgets on Windows Live Spaces> >| > http://discoverspaces.live.com?source=hmtag1&loc=us> > >|> >| The onlything I've seen is make sure that the function isn't disabled > in> >| your php.ini.> >| Does the exe run from the command line with out php?> >| > Does the user that php is running at have permissions to run> >| code and access> >| all > asscociated dirs?> >|> >|> > I'll chip in my 2c's worth. I never ever > got shell() or exec() to run when> using IIS, but it works every time with Apache. May be worth > the switch if> you are using IIS.> > Cheers> > George> > I belive that I am running my PHP with Apache 2.1. I will check and see if there is anything wrong wth the options of the code, but since my PHP is running with 755, it should be able to run the file, right? Another thing, does this mean that I don't have errors in my PHP? Alice> -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)> To unsubscribe, visit: Alice> http://www.php.net/unsub.php> _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself with gadgets on Windows Live Spaces http://discoverspaces.live.com?source=hmtag1&loc=us