I haven't been following this whole thread, but have you ruled out permissions problems? If you have NTFS, does whatever user PHP is running as have permission to run the program?
---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Ladan Pickering [mailto:ladan_pickering@;yahoo.com] > Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 3:11 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Unable to execute c++ .exe file from php > > I have tried escaping with backslashes and also tried > forward slashes with no luck. I believe my path > specification is correct because I can look at > different directories. > $cmd = "dir c:\abc\efg"; > system ($cmd, $errCode); > Correctly display the content of "efg", and the > errCode is 0; > > I think the key to my problem is the return_var > (errCode) of 128. (That is what I get in errCode when > I try to execute hello.exe) > > Do you know where the return_var(s) for php > (exec, system, ...) are defined? > > Is there something in php.ini that have to be set up > inorder to be able to execute a file on the server? > > I have looked at php.net but had no luck. > > Thanks for your suggestions. > > "Marek Kilimajer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:3DCBCF6B.9050000@;webglobe.sk... > > escape your backslashes: > > > > $cmd = "c:\\abc\\hello.exe"; > > > > > > > > Ladan Pickering wrote: > > > > >I am unable to execute my c++ program from within > PHP when it runs as a > > >cgi in Apache. > > >I am able to run: > > > > > >$cmd="dir c:\abc" > > >system ($cmd, $errCode); > > > > > >and see the content of the directory, but I don't > seem to > > >be able to run a simple hello.exe (c++) file. > > > > > >$cmd = "c:\abc\hello.exe"; > > >system ($cmd, $errCode); > > > > > >The errCode always comes back with 128. What does > 128 mean? > > > > > >Here is some info on my setup. > > >OS: Windows XP > > >Server: Apache 2.0.43 (win32) > > >PHP 4.2.3 > > >I am running PHP as a CGI > > > > > >I am able to execute my c++ program (hello.exe) > from this .php file > > >just fine if I use the PHP cli. > > > > > >I appreciate any help. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos > http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
