RE: [PHP-WIN] executing an external program

2002-04-30 Thread Scott Hurring
: Mike Flynn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 4:48 PM > To: Rainer Bruch; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP-WIN] executing an external program > > > Some things to think about are: > 1. http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php > 2. If yo

Re: [PHP-WIN] executing an external program

2002-04-27 Thread Mike Flynn
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'

[PHP-WIN] executing an external program

2002-04-27 Thread Rainer Bruch
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" ple