Hello

I would like to launch exe/bat file via php. I have windows Vista, php5, apach2



When I use

exec('dir > output_aaa.txt');

everything is ok , but when I try

system('notepad.exe')

it doesn't work at all. Scripts starts executing but it never stops and notepad(in this case) doesn't open.

Does anyone have idea what to do? Maybe some config in httpd.conf?

I'm looking forward to your help

I don't use Apache on Windows myself, but I think I've read about this before: essentially, Apache is running as the SYSTEM user which does not have the rights to load anything on the screen.

From what I can remember, you need to tell Windows to run the service as the user whose GUI is being run (and whose GUI the program will eventually load on).

TwistMyArms answer is correct!

You could get round this by writing a windows app in C, or batch or whatever you like.. have it go look for a lock file every so often, if it exists, open your notepad.exe... the php script would then just have to create the lock file

Thanks for your help but I think I'll have to give up.

I use the following script:

<?php
   error_reporting(E_ALL);
   chdir('blabla');

   $command = 'psexec  -u marcin -p mypassword d:\www_wamp\blabla\odt.bat d:\www_wamp\blabla\archive.odt >NUL 2>&1';   
   exec($command);
?>

When I use string assign to $command variable not in PHP but in CMD it works fine, but when I launch PHP script the situation is the same as earlier - the script never stops.

Similar situation is when I use:

$command='psexec  -u marcin -p mypassword  dir >hhh.txt';

as command in PHP.