Re: apache + php + system() = error :(

Hi! No the error is not generated while exec'ing external program but while it attemts to call the system() command ... it's like the system() and exec() are malfuncioning ... using backticks (`) made the script to hang .... there is something very fundamental that i do wrong but ... where? what? whoknows? :) Jürgen. "Fernando Madruga" <FMadruga@ascoimbra.pt> wrote in message news:3685A91F554BD411BA310008C759B6CC02527C23@MAIL_CBR... You could try replacing "batch.bat" with "c:\windows\command.com /c batch.bat" for windows 9x or "C:\winnt\cmd.exe /c batch.bat" or something like that.