Controlling Aplications

[Randles]

Hi,

Is it posisble to use PHP to start and stop aplications from a web interface.

I have server.exe

I need to be able to check if it is running, stop it, and start it.

It would also be nice to be able to pass command line params too.

start server.exe /s /a etc

Can anybody point me in the right direction to get started on this?

[yelvington]

Read the section of the manual titled "Program Execution Functions."

On most operating systems you also will need to understand the security model of the OS and how it might restrict the ability of the Web server to execute external programs.

[Randles]

Thanks very much.

I think I have got the hang of it now.

Great idea this nubs section, people as dumb as me, get to learn from the infinite knowledge of others.. 🙂

[weekender]

easiest ways are to use [man]exec[/man] or backticks

backticks `` are NOT the same as quotes '' - anything inside backticks is executed and the output returned

$output = `ping www.bbc.co.uk`;