shell_exec ($rexec_as400 ) failed

[manu_opt]

hi, [sorry for my poor english]
i used easyphp 1.5.0.0 for windows. i used shell_exec to call pgm on as400 and work fine :
$output = shell_exec ('cmd /c "rexec MYSERVER -l MYUSER -n <c:\MYFILE.ini call BIB/MYPROG (PARM1 PARM2)'");
print $output;

when i put the command in the variable, i have problem with the characters '<' and ':'

$var = "< ";
$var2 = ":";
$var3 = "c";
$var4 = $var.$var3.$var2;

$command = "'cmd /c rexec MYSERVER -l MYUSER -n ".$var4."\test.ini call BIB/MYPROG (PARM1 ";
$parm2 = "www";
$command = $command .$parm2.")' ";

print $command is good.

BUT

shell_exec($command) failed, Apach server failed with no error log...

what happen? my command is not available?

thank you
😕

[Moonglobe]

are you running on windows?........

[manu_opt]

yes, i run under windows 2000, my server win2000 with easyphp 1.5
my question is simple :
if i used the command directly in shell_exec, it works fine.
but when i put the command in a variable, and i execute shell_exec($myvar)..BUG!

why $myvar is not interpreted like a command?

thank you a lot.