Steve, Thanks for the response, but it's a server-side 'run' I'm looking for, not client-side (they get web access to the db).
Basically I want to be able to test that the db is running and if it isn't then I want to 'run' it. Platform is NT, server is IIS4 George ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Cayford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "George Pitcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] 'Running' a file from PHP script > > On Tuesday, December 4, 2001, at 02:22 AM, George Pitcher wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm a PHP newbie, my main scipring being done in Blueworld's Lasso. > > > > I have used php fro time to time with Lasso to do some file handling. > > > > My question is: 'Can I run a file from a PHP script?' > > > > The file in question would be a Filemaker database file. I want to be > > able > > to open the file in the Filemaker application if the file is not already > > running. > > > > If you mean can you open the Filemaker application on the client's > machine using PHP, then no. Keep in mind that PHP is only running on the > server(*), all the client machine sees is the HTML output from your PHP > script. Maybe you could use javascript to do this, but I haven't used > javascript much. > > -Steve > > (*) Assuming you're using PHP in its normal web-server scripting mode. > > > > MTIA > > > > George in Edinburgh > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
