executing a file through a directory

[rakennedy75]

I am curious if this is possible.

What I want to do is execute a file through a directory. I already wrote a script that allows me to list all the files in a directory. I would like to open these files up in a their own app. Meaning if I have a music file, I would like to open this up by just clicking a link and it executes in its own app. Is this possible to do.

I assume i would have to wrap the file names in a: <a href.... and then link it to some script that will execute the program, anyway to do this?

Thanks for your time

[stolzyboy]

you want this to open in the clients machine?

[rakennedy75]

Yes, but its going to be people in the office. I realize there are security issues here. I was just wondering if there is any solution to this.

I would also like to do this with pdf files and maybe some other apps as well, like word, excel, etc.

[examancer]

PHP has a number of built in functions for handling program execution in the manual.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php

[stolzyboy]

well if you have the files stored on the server, and the client has the correct program, you can force a open it/save as dialog box that will then run the program associated with that particular program