problem with exec command executing the program in the background

hanhao

i am running xampp on my computer from apachefriends.org, it's a apache server

this is the php script

<html>
<head>
<?php

exec ('notepad');
?>
</head>
</html>

but when i execute the php script on my computer , notepad doesnt not run

i used a process viewer and discovered that notepad is running in the background and i cannot see it

does anyone know how NOT to make it run in the background? i wan to see the notepad window on the apache server (my computer)

Kudose

Isn't it notepad.exe?

Althought that may not fix your problem.

Pieman86

I'm not sure you can use PHP to start up programs in that way. If you're running the script from a DOS prompt, using a PHP command-line interpreter, it might be possible.