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• 05-05-2008, 11:38 PM

  toeh101 Joined on 04-21-2008, 8:48 AM Posts 3 toeh101	Why I can't exec batch file? ??? Reply Contact Hi, I've tried to use PHP exec() to execute DOS command. It works with command exec("md example_dir") . But when I put test.bat in same directory and run PHP with exec("test.bat") , it doesn't work. No error showed but not work. Anyone can help me? Thanks.

• 05-06-2008, 10:29 AM

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  brashquido Joined on 05-22-2006, 12:31 AM Australia Posts 153 brashquido	Re: Why I can't exec batch file? ??? Reply Contact You'll need to specify that you wish to use the Windows command line to execute your batch file. Have you tried something like exec("cmd.exe /c test.bat") ? ---------------- Dominic Ryan Microsoft IIS MVP www.iis-aid.com My IIS articles My PHP articles My How-to guides

• 05-06-2008, 12:32 PM

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  anilr Joined on 05-23-2006, 10:13 PM Redmond, WA Posts 988 anilr	Re: Why I can't exec batch file? ??? Reply Contact Also, the current working directory of the php process (in the fastcgi case) is not the application/vdir root, but the directory from where php is run, so use a fully qualified path. Anil Ruia Senior Software Design Engineer IIS Core Server

• 08-22-2008, 6:46 AM

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  luxus Joined on 08-22-2008, 5:09 AM Posts 2 luxus

  Re: Why I can't exec batch file? ??? Reply Contact Hi, I think that this is not correct. PHP uses cmd.exe /c to execute the value passed to exec. I've the same problem and I am sure that the cwd of my script is used. Example: - start_test.bat is my batch i want to execute - My PHP-script and the start_test.bat are located in C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\test When call "type start_test.bat" (PHP executes "cmd.exe /c type start_test.bat") by this PHP code: $a = array(); exec("type start_test.bat", $a); print_r($a); I get the lines of start_test.bat When I call "start_test.bat" (PHP executes "cmd.exe /c start_test.bat") the result is NULL. How can I get batch files working?

• 08-22-2008, 7:26 AM

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  luxus Joined on 08-22-2008, 5:09 AM Posts 2 luxus	Re: Why I can't exec batch file? ??? Reply Contact Hi, i read the cmd /c thing over. This is working. You can run batch files by calling "cmd /c yourbatch.bat" so PHP will exec "cmd /c cmd /c yourbatch.bat". But why is this nessecary? On PHP/Apache on W32 calling batch files works without the double cmd /c?