Executing a batch file

[Sarky78]

Hi, all

I am having problems executing a batch file on a win2k server machine running PHP 4.2.3. When i just double click the batch file from an explorer window, it runs and does what it is meant to do. The problem is that i need to be able to do this on demand, so clicking on a file is not an option!

When i run the code on a win2k pro box, running PHP 4.3.2 it does exactly what i want it to do, but running it on the server machine it just sits there doing nothing! When i run it on a XP Pro box, i get "Can't fork to...." whatever the hell that means!

this is the bit of code:

exec("search_generator.bat"
which in turn goes off and executes a program!

Any ideas?

TIA

Tony

 

[sleipnir214]

You're going to have to explicitly invoke the command interpreter. Win32 knows to invoke the command interpreter from either registry settings used by the GUI or builtin functions of an existing command interpreter instantiation.

Try something like:

exec ('command /c search_generator.bat');



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[Sarky78]

Cheers, will give that a try 2morrow, weird thing is though that it works perfectly on my Win2k Pro workstation, but not on the win2k Server platform

Weird!!

Thanks will let you know how i get on!

Tony

 

[skiflyer]

There are several reasons that's possible... there's also the possibility of permissions being off and the user which your webserver is running as not having the permissions to execute the file.

Best of luck.

-Rob