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System(); Command Not Working On Remote System. Windows.
My server is a windows machine, on the same domain as python(also a windows machine). Apache is running as a service as an administrator. This is a test only environment to whom it may concern(I hate people telling me how insecure my system is) I'm just trying to run:

$last_line = exec('dir pythonc$', $retval, $g);
print_r($retval);
echo '<br>'.$g.'<br>';
echo '$last_line= '.$last_line.'<br>';
Which outputs:

Array ( )
1
$last_line=

The command from the command line works fine. And apache can access directories that only administrators can access on the local machine.

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Exec() On Windows
this is my problem: I need to "exec" the following command:

C:ProgrammiSoftsoft.exe -v -d C:dati$nomefile
C:datipdf$filename

and i tried to execute it in php with (one of) the following lines....

exec("C:ProgrammiSoftsoft.exe -v -d C:dati.$nomefile
C:datipdf.$filename");
exec("C:ProgrammiSoftsoft.exe" -v -d "C:dati".$nomefile
"C:datipdf".$filename);
exec("C:ProgrammiSoftsoft.exe -v -d C:dati.$nomefile
C:datipdf.$filename");
exec("C:/Programmi/Soft/soft.exe -v -d C:/dati/.$nomefile
C:/dati/pdf/.$filename");
exec("C:/Programmi/Soft/soft.exe" -v -d "C:/dati/".$nomefile
"C:/dati/pdf/".$filename);

but there is something wrong and that i.. do not understand...
Is there anyone so kind to show me the correct line and a couple of
comments on how to built it? I tried to search for it (manual,
newsgroups...) but i haven't found it (and my mistakes are the result
:-P)

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Exec() In Windows
With safe_mode_exec_dir set in php.ini, the Apache service set to 'allow service to interact with the desktop', all of the executables required in the script in the safe_mode_exec_dir and cmd.exe with read/execute rights I still, after days of head-banging and gis'ing and php-freaking, can't get this to work. I hope it is a stupid simple oversight, even if it leaves me looking stupid and simple, I'll live

Right: - Windows XPSP2, Apache 2.2.4 and PHP 5.2.0 on Localhost
I'll set the scene. I need to accept two files from a user and using a third party exe convert one into the other. I realise using exec() with user input is dodgy so I have concatenated the user input to a long executable string and I'll do extra checking (that they are an msi and wxs file) later.

The files are passed to procConvertWix() by the user and from there passed to convertwix() where the concatination is done, and returned back to procConvertWix() for execution.

In procConvertWix() I have displayed the fully concatenated string in the browser, copied and ran it from cmd.exe and it executes perfectly, so that's not the problem.
Displaying the $ouput of exec() simply gives me: Code:

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Exec In Background On Windows
How can I get an /exec'ed/ process to run in the background on an XP box?

I have a monitor-like process which I am starting as
'exec("something.exe");' and, of course the exec function blocks until
something.exe terminates. Just what I /don't/ want. (Wouldn't an & be
nice here! Sigh)

I need something.exe to disconnect and run in the background while I
continue on with my script.

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V4.0.2 And Exec() In Windows 2000 / IIS
Are there any tricks to getting the exec() function to work under
Windows 2000 with IIS? PHP v4.0.2 is installed on the server.

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PHP System() And Exec()
Background: I am trying to execute a binary on the server located in the current directory where the php script is being run. The server is a linux (debian based). I am having trouble getting php to execute the binary properly, below is my code. Code:

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System() And Exec()
If you start a program using this function and want to leave it running in the background, you have to make sure that the output of that program is redirected to a file or some other output stream or else PHP will hang until the execution of the program ends.

I have tried numerous time by redirecting to a file or other stream to free up a php web page that called a perl script for example, but the php script always hangs...has anyone had any luck freeing up a calling php script from a process, or program that it launched in the background? Code:

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Exec(), System()
I write very, very simple script who call external program. The script is run on Linux Slackware, Apache/1.3.37 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.8.28 OpenSSL/0.9.8b PHP/4.4.4 here is my script:

<?php
echo exec('ls');
?>
this work properly.

but if i write:

<?php
echo exec('xine'); //xine is a multimedia player
?>

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Exec() Function Under Windows 2000 With IIS?
Are there any tricks to getting the exec() function to work under
Windows 2000 with IIS? PHP v4.0.2 is installed on the server.

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'exec' Creates Popup Windows
I'm running php under apache (I'm using the uniserv distribution) on Windows XP. Every time I execute an external command using backticks or exec or system, I get a cmd windows that pops up for the 1/4 second the command executes. This would all be fine, except that I'm deploying the server to run locally on the user's box, and needless to say, the popups are annoying.

I've search everything I'm clever enough to understand and
can't find a way to get the external commands to run in the 'background'. All of the input and output of the commands have been redirected, any shell command causes this behavious, and in all other respects it all seems to work great.

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Bug In System And Exec Commands
If PHP is running via a web server, and mutiple system
calls are made within the script to another script,
hundreds of processes are created. Here is an example:

Script 1:
<?php
for ($i=1; $i<=5; $i++) {
system("php script2.php");
}
?>

Script 2:
<?php
exit;
?>

The effect is the same (and more difficult to stop) when
the system calls are made in the background. e.g.

system("php script2.php >>/dev/null 2>>/dev/null &");
system("php script2.php >/dev/null 2>&1");

I have even tried calling a shell script, which in turn
calls the second PHP script (both in the background), but
it still causes lots of processes.

The "exec" command is also affected.

At first, I thought this was a problem with either Zeus web
server of Fast CGI, but I have since tried it with Apache
and normal CGI with the same effect.

Does anyone have any idea why this happens and whether there is any way to prevent it? I have posted a bug report to bugs.php.net (ID 14997), but so far to no avail.

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System() Or Exec() And Permissions
I'm trying to run a command (mogrify) that requires that I'm logged in as root, or at least I think this is the case. How can I do this?

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Exec() And System() Problems
I am trying to use php's exec() or system() to execute a shell script that I wrote.

exec and system() work fine with a simple command like ls, but nothing happens when I point it at the shell script.

The shell script works fine from my shell login. Can't figure out what tho problem is. Is php just incapable of running shell scripts?

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Using Passthru(), Exec(), System() Etc.
I have an executable that runs as expected from a command prompt but seems to do nothing when I try to run it from php, using passthru(), exec(), etc.

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System/shell/exec/etc
I've got PHP 5.1.6, Apache 2.2.2, on Fedora 5. Everything is great except that when I use an of the external launching commands, persistent apps dont stay open. I have a simple shell script set up to load an app, and I have it write a PID file. Immediately after calling exec (milliseconds later) the PID is alive. However, within a few more milliseconds it seems to close.

I've made sure that the apache uid/gid have full access to the script and the apps it calls. When sudo'ing manualy in a shell with the apache uid, the script works flawlessly and loads the program, and stays open, as it should. I've verified that the app loads under the uid 'apache' with ps. When running it through PHP, it seems to close almost immediately after succeeding.

Is there some fundamental issue with how this works that I'm missing? I can't seem to get any real errors out of php, apache, or even the shell when redirected to a file. Should I try PHP4? Is PHP5 buggy with this kind of thing? I even tried running 'at' to schedule the script (so that it'd be invoked by at instead of the shell itself) but that failed, silently, as well.

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Exec(), System() And Win 2003
I have searched high and low for the past 2 days for an answer to my problem. I have found a few references, but nothing has helped me. My problem is this: I am trying to ping a remote server from a PHP script in IE 6.0. When I load the page, the cmd.exe loads on the server and takes up all my CPU. I have to manually stop the process for it to go away.

My setup is this:
Windows 2003 Server
PHP 5.0.1

I have tried
- giving my system32cmd.exe full IUSR_%machinename% rights
- moved the cmd.exe to the script folder, to the PHP folder

And about a million other things that I can't remember =(. I have tried multiple functions, written in mulitple ways and the outcome is always the same. when the cmd.exe is opened it hangs on the 2003 server.

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PHP Exec() And Zipping Upload File In Windows
I have the following code. What I need is to zip the file
(c:webuploadsomeFile) to d:websomeFile.zip.

$cmd = 'c:zipzip.exe '. $movedFile. ' '. $finalFile;
exec( $cmd, $cmd_output );

File is being uploaded by the apache server, but it's not being zipped.
My guess "", escaping, is causing problem in windows path. Do I also
have to escape the $movedFile content? Forexample $movedFile=
"c:webuploadsomeFile".

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Deos Exec() Support A Popup Windows?
I am using exec() to run a .exe file which call another function to popup a new window? It does not work. Anyone know how to make it work?

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Problem Using System/exec Function.
I am faced with strange problem. Basically I want to make a script which would take mysql back up for me. I have come up with following. [ basically code is borrowed from some other place ]
PHP Code:

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Using System/exec, How To Backup Database?
system("mysqldump --opt myDatabase > backup.sql");

here are my problems,

i don't think it works on the webserver. next, where exactly the file, backup.sql be place if it does succeed.

i believe we just can't execute commands on the webserver can we?

i also tried using the sql query BACKUP TABLE ... TO .. but i'm guessing the problem lies with the TO... how do i know what directory shall i place it therE?

for instance, my pages are placed in,

home/myname/public_html/...

i tried to put
home/myname/public_html/backup in the TO but nothing happens.

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Exec(), System(), Shell_exec(), Etc + Nmap
i'm trying to create a script that executes nmap from my server, then displays the output.

i've tried:

$output = passthru('nmap -v -A'.' $ip');
$output = shell_exec('nmap -v -A'.' $ip');
system('nmap -v -A'.' $ip');

the problem i'm having is that using the above methods i only get the first line of output, ie.

Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-08-31 21:46 CST

and nothing else. i've managed to find a way around it by sending the nmap output to a textfile, the using file_get_contents() to pull the data back in:

exec('nmap -v -A '.$ip.' > /usr/local/www/apache22/data/nmap/'.$ip.'.html');
$file = "/usr/local/www/apache22/data/nmap/$ip.html";
$result = file_get_contents($file);
echo "(pre)$result(/pre)";

that works perfectly, but i'd rather not be writing anything to the drive. i guess the problem might be that nmap takes about 5-10 seconds to do its scan, and for some reason php doesn't want to wait that long, i really have no idea. can it be made to work without needing to write to files?

and for the curious minds, i'm not doing anything dodgy, i just wanted an online tool i could access from any computer to test networks i support .

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System/exec Not Working In Browser
In two files, and I serve foo.php then I notice If I use commandline execution i.e. php foo.php then foo.txt is touched/created all right. i.e. system command is executed as expectedBut If I use browser then I notice that the shell command in config.php is *not* executedAny ideas as to why this might be happening? Code:

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Command Window - Exec/system
I'm in the process of developing a script in Windows where I need to use exec/system. Whenever I execute either, Windows spawns a command window which automatically sappears. Is there a clean way to force Windows to NOT display the command window?

I've seen this discussed a few times previously, but, none of the
solutions seem to be working (tried both exec and system; tried using
cmd /c, tried using start /B, etc.)

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Exec, Shell_exec, System, And Passthru Not Working At All
Can't get these commands to work! The following page simply doesn't
finish loading ( Waiting... Opening... :-( )

<?php echo system("dir"); ?>

The same for <?php echo exec("dir"); ?> or <?php echo
shell_exec("dir"); ?>, etc...

I'm running Apache 2.0.55 & PHP 5.0.5 with Zend Optimizer v2.5.10 on
windows XP SP2.

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Exec And System Commands Blocked By Host
I've got this code, its the simpliest example I could make. It works perfectly on my windows xp/apache/php box, but doesn't do anything on a commercial website host. The actual code should use gzip to compress a folder but that doesn't work either.

Anyone know the reason why they would be blocking these commands? I suspect the problems with commonly used php apps like phpBB to be the real reason.

<?
exec("ping 127.0.0.1 > test.txt") or die();
// get contents of a file into a string
$filename = "test.txt";
$fd = fopen ($filename, "r");
$contents = fread ($fd, filesize ($filename));

fclose ($fd);

echo $contents;

?>

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Alternates To System() And Exec() In Order To Use ImageMagik?
My Web host apepars to not allow exec() and system(), as a line in my script:

system("convert -scale 100x100 $uploadfile $toimage");

gives the error:

"Warning: system() has been disabled for security reasons"

Is there some other way to use ImageMagik (or is it GhostScript?)'s
"convert" command in PHP that may be safer and generally allowed by Web
hosts?

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Exec - Create An Executable That Return The System Drives
I need some help about exec command. I have create an executable that return the System Drives. It is based on DOS and does not need any parameter.

I have create my php script that executes the executable i've create and the source code is the following: ...

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Running An .exe File Using Exec() Or System(), Unable To Fork Error
I have a problem with running an .exe file using exec() or system() I have downloaded a file called ffmpeg.exe for converting movie clips. I can use the program thourg the command line in windows (cmd), but I'm not able to have PHP run the file. First PHP gave be an "unable to fork" error. But then I gave users access to the cmd.exe file and solved that problem. So now is no problem running for example exec("dir");

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System() Function On Windows
Trying to use the system() function in my php code on a windows server 2003 system. Simple commands like:

system('dir');
work fine, but
Code:
system('net stop spooler');
doesn't work.

I guess this is a problem with windows user rights, but is there anything I can change in my script to make it work without having to start changing the windows user rights as I don't want to affect the security of windows?

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Windows System Details
Im working on a network audit tool but wanted to be able to run an update script that would scan an IP range and get details about the client machine. I want this to happen at 2am and to compile a list of machines that have been added to the network during that day and to capture as much information as possible such as Operating System and Hardware details. I have seen windows programs that can do this but nothing built using PHP.

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System() Function Is Not Working In Windows
I want to encrypt a text file's content using public key of other user. I'm working in windows NT and running my php in apache server. I've installed my gnupg in c:gnupg.
To encrypt the content I used the following code: PHP Code:

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Version Control System For Windows?
I was wondering if anyone here developing under windows knows of a good & easy to use version control system to use with php.

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Mkdir() Will Not Work On Windows System
I am writing a very simple upload script that works beautifully on my *nix server. However, when I gave it to the person I wrote it for, I discovered that he uses a windows machine and it no longer works. I think the issue comes down to "mkdir()", as I have done extensive testing with it and even simple calls of the code will not work. Folder permissions are all "777". Code:

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Use ZZiplib If I Have A Linux Webserver But A Windows System?
Should I use ZZiplib if I have a Linux webserver but a Windows system?

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Windows Network File System Access
I'm trying to get an intranet application to create folders on another machine, on the same network.

I can get to it via '192.168.7.201FolderName', and have also mapped the network location '192.168.7.201' the the drive 'S'. Code:

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Find The PHP Error Log File On A Windows System
I can't seem to find the PHP error log file on a Windows system. Does anybody know where it is?

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PHP Running Exec() Windows Program Very Slow In Comparison To UNIX Equivalent Program
Does anyone have an explanation or solution for the following.
I have a PHP script that uses exec() to call a program to do certain
calculations.

The UNIX version of this program I call runs in about 4 to 5 seconds.
When I run the same PHP script using exec() to call the Windows equivalent
of this same program on my Windows desktop, it takes about 32 seconds....

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System(), Exec(), Shell_exec(), But "Permission Denied"
I want to execute the php script via web server to run linux command. I try to use system(), exec(), shell_exec(), but the system show me "Permission Denied". i have set the file permission by using chmod 777 file.php .

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Warning: Ftp_exec() [function.ftp-exec]: SITE EXEC Is An Unknown Extension
This is kind of a part II to a question a posted earlier about exec and shell_exec not working.

I'm trying to use ftp_exec to execute some simple command:

$conn_id = ftp_connect("$server") or die ("Cannot initiate connection to host");
ftp_login($conn_id, "$username", "$userpass") or die("Cannot login");
$command = 'cd..'
if (ftp_exec($conn_id, $command)) {
echo "$command executed successfully";
} else {
echo "could not execute $command";
}
ftp_close($conn_id);

I'm getting the following error:

Warning: ftp_exec() [function.ftp-exec]: SITE EXEC is an unknown extension in /home/urieilam/public_html/work/video/test1.1.php on line 21
could not execute cd..

Have tried other commands as well, get the same. Could this be a security issue or something to do with p Safe Mode? I don't know much about commands, shell, etc..

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Warning: Exec() [function.exec]:
I'm using PHP Version 5.0.4 in IIS5, Window 2003. When I execute my script, it prompt me the following error :

Warning: exec() [function.exec]: Unable to fork [ping 10.8.1.70] in c:Inetpubwwwrootswitch.php on line 62
Below is my script :

<?php
$line1 = exec("ping 10.8.1.70", $output);
exit;
?>

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Is It Possible To Authenticate Users Running Apache On MacOS X (with PHP 4) And An Active Directory On Windows 2000 Or Windows XP?
From a PHP webpage, is it possible to authenticate users running Apache on MacOS X (with PHP 4) and an active directory on Windows 2000 or Windows XP?

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Make A News System With A Template System
i'm a total,and mean total newbie in PHP. I want to make a news system with a template system(like footer.php and header.php) but dont know how to?

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Login System - News System
i have to do a news system wich use php/mysql.

i need 3 accounts:

* a 'reader' who doesn't need to log in to read the news
* a 'writer' who can write news in a pending news table
* a 'moderator' which validate a pending news, and make it a regular news,
viewable from the site (by the 'reader')

This is a small web site, so i can't use SSL; and i use php sessions.

Right now, i deal with account from a mysql users point of view, which
means, that a 'reader' can access all the admin part of the site, but will
ger errors when trying to read/write by sql query.

I was wondering if somedody could give me a trick to deny access to the
admin pages. Rigth now, i though about these:

* by decoding mydql rights? (how)
* by doing only-to-test query? (bad i think, especially for write right)

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Need Help With Exec()
On Redhat linux, the command "passwd user" is interactive, so how can I pass data to and from the command with system() or exec()?

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Exec();
well i know that exec("ndc reload"); would perform that command.. but i want too print out on the page what the command tells when i do like this:
[root@xermin cryzeck]# ndc reload
Reload initiated.
[root@xermin cryzeck]#

i want to print that Reload initiated. on the page.. how? not just echo("reload initiated"); but the stuff the command tells.

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Using Exec()
I'm trying to use the exec() function to call shell scripts that in turn startup various programs under linux.. for example, when someone clicks on a link to restart a particular daemon, the daemon will then simply executed, either through the standalone command of /location/daemon or through the calling of a shell script that essentially performs an identical task.

My problem is that exec() seems to only work through the user "nobody," which the Apache web server is running under. The scripts and programs I'd like to execute are under a user account named "admin."

I've even tried chmod'ing all pertinent files w/ permissions that "nobody" could use to successfully access all necessary commands, without success, as the programs seem to crash whenever I do this.

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PHP And Exec(dir)
I have been using opendir and scandir, but I want to try something
else.
Idea: using dir, and a) getting the result b) saving it as a file.

As I have problems with executing files directly, it create a bat file
and executes that.
I can execute command, but by some reason I dont get any response (it
should return something, and I get "")
The missing response is why I create a file.

I create the file on the network ( serversomewhere ) like this

dir "serversomewherefilesdir" >"serversomewhere
esult.txt"

Here is the odd thing: dir cannot read from the network - the bat file
is created there, it creates the result.txt file, but emtpy as it
cannot read from the network. Reading from c: and it works.

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Php Exec();
i've been trying to create a php script that writes some text to a
file, then runs the perl interpreter on the file and shows the output.
it works ok when valid perl is written to the file, so if i use 'print
"hello world";' then it outputs 'hello world'. the problem is, if i
enter invalid perl code, such as 'blahblahblah;', it outputs nothing.
i'd like the php script to be able to get the error/output. does anyone
know of a way to do this?

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Exec(); & Php As CGI...
I have had to do some work on a RAQ server with php as cgi. The script I have written uses the exec(); function to run pgp to encrypt a file. Weird thing is this:

The script does everything it's supposed to but I get the RAQ internal server error message. Should I be using passthru of something else in this environment? Forgive me I am a relative virgin as far as RAQs and php as cgi goes.

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Exec Php
I have a php site. Some page needs to call an external program. The programs are home made c# applications. It uses to work without problem. For a while. Maybe it work for some hour. Or for a day. Or even for a week.

At a certain point, when a php script calls the exe file, the application freezes. The following happens:...

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Exec()
I am making a simple php script using exec() to execute commands in my linux host. When i execute 'ls' it shows the right content on that directory, but what i want to know if there is a way i can distinguish between folders and files. In this way i can lets say make folders show in black and files in grey. Also when i execute a wrong command i wanna get any system error message. Code:

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Exec A .exe
I want to exec dos then within dos exec another.exe
then write to that program with database varables or session's but how?

how do you write to the last.exe program to give it it's command?

<?php
exec("C:/WINDOWS/system32/cmd.exe/program.exe");
?>

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