Re: [PHP] launch app

2005-09-14 Thread Richard Lynch
On Tue, September 13, 2005 9:19 pm, Ed Lazor wrote: > What's the best way to send an executable to a client desktop in PHP? readfile("/full/path/to/file.exe"); > I'm doing a project where we need to check and see which files need to > be updated on a client-desktop. The idea is for a user to vis

RE: [PHP] launch app

2005-09-14 Thread mwestern
t our intranet. I put that idea in the 'good idea but too hard basket'. :) -Original Message- From: Ed Lazor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 14 September 2005 11:50 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] launch app What's the best way to send an ex

Re: [PHP] launch app

2005-09-14 Thread Niels Ganser
No way. PHP is server based you can't trigger anything on the client side. Use Javascript, ActiveX, XUL or the like. > What's the best way to send an executable to a client desktop in PHP? > > I'm doing a project where we need to check and see which files need to > be updated on a client-desktop

[PHP] launch app

2005-09-13 Thread Ed Lazor
What's the best way to send an executable to a client desktop in PHP? I'm doing a project where we need to check and see which files need to be updated on a client-desktop. The idea is for a user to visit the website, an executable launches, checks the files on the drive, and then sends the da