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Answer 1

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You might need to run it via cmd, eg:

system("cmd /c C:[path to file]");

RichieHindle 2009-05-07 17:20:09

There is also some great documentation for the SYSTEM() as well:http://us3.php.net/system

Phill Pafford 2009-05-07 17:25:23

Thanks - that worked.

undefined 2009-05-07 17:47:36

how can i return the results from running the .bat file to PHP so that I can retrieve a value i need - and is this just slicing a string?

undefined 2009-05-08 11:32:33

@Stephen: To read output from the process, you need to run it with popen. See http://uk3.php.net/popen

RichieHindle 2009-05-08 12:05:30

Answer 2

A:

<?php
exec('c:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /c START C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.bat');
?>

mysoogal 2009-10-27 20:29:56

Answer 3

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Hello, I have tried system("cmd /c c:\temp\mkdir.bat"); in my script.. but I seem to get Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in C:\xampp\htdocs\dexter\index.php on line 35

A little help, no doubt I will kick myself when someone tells me the answer!

2010-03-29 10:58:24

Hi this is probably something quite simple like a missing semicolon - you could include more of your code so we can see what might be wrong, or check the line mentioned for missing semicolon or unclosed double quotes for example.

undefined 2010-04-06 10:18:37

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