Re: Exec()

""Helmut Himmelstoss"" <Helmut.Himmelstoss@t-online.de> wrote in message news:9b21na$iu7$1@toye.p.sourceforge.net... > I copied the Program Ping.exe to the same directory as my script and the > User the IUSR_[Machine name] hast the permissions. > > <?php > echo"<pre>"; > $dd=system("ping ping 127.0.0.1"); > echo "$dd ;;this is a system-test"; > echo "<hr>"; > ?> > The result is the same.......... no result: > ;;this is a system-test > you must use single quotes in system() call ping ping whats that check your erorr logs this worked for me <? //escaping the backslash and in single quotes //this works for win98/apache/php4apache.dll //NOTE: this and the php4isapi.dll is not yet ready //for production, if CGI MODE then I do think it should work echo"<pre>"; $dd=system('c:\\windows\\ping 127.0.0.1'); echo "$dd ;;this is a test"; echo"</pre>"; ?> printed this out Pinging 127.0.0.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 127.0.0.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 127.0.0.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms ;;this is a test