Running an executable under php ?

[habbardone]

Hello all.

I am using a program called jhead.exe.

It cleans up the headers from a jpg image file.

Does anyone use it ?

Is this the correct method to call the program ?:

exec("jhead -purejpg ".$source); // cleans up jpg headers 

The jhead.exe file is in the same directory ans all my php scripts so I am not sure if I need to put a path in the statement or not.

Anyone with experience of this ?

Thanks.

[bokehman]

The argument for exec should be the same as you uses to access the program from the command line in the current working directory. Give it a try. Open the command prompt, change directory to the one where your script is located and then type in whatever makes your exe file run. Once you figure the exact command that is what to use as the argument.

[habbardone]

Thanks Bokehman,

Does anyone use jhead.exe ?