Some things to think about are:
1. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
2. If you are going to use backslashes in a string, you need to escape
them, so the sample code your "specialist" gave you would need to be changed:
><?
>shell_exec('c:\\programme\\microsoft office\\office\\winword.exe');
>?>
Otherwise PHO would see \p, \m, \o, \w escape codes.
-Mike
At 06:45 PM 4/27/02 +0200, Rainer Bruch wrote:
>i am new in using and understanding php. need help in following issue:
>opening (executing) an external program (not a file) like "winword.exe" with
>php4.
>my system-configuration:
>- windows 2000
>- php4 1.1.1
>- winword execution program-path is:
>"c:\programme\micosoft office\office\winword.exe"
>
>please, will somebody out there will help me with the complete php-code
>like:
><?
>"code to execute the winword-program";
>?>
>
>i have asked a so called specialist who gave the following (not functioning,
>no error message) code:
><?
>shell_exec("c:\programme\microsoft office\office\winword.exe");
>?>
>
>thanks to all who will help me
>rainer
>
>
>
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