I have tried to use exec()
with 'whoami'
to check if it works and I got the result of
nt authority\system
Now I need to run a .exe
file with parameters from php
via exec()
function.
I tried this in command prompt and it actually runs the program with given parameters. This is the example command.
NOTE the exe file gets 3 inputs (folder, file_name, report_file_nmae)
> ..\..\some_file.exe folder="C:\path_to_folder" param=1.xml report=2.xml
But when I run this command from php
file:
exec('..\..\some_file.exe folder="C:\path_to_folder" param=1.xml report=2.xml');
nothing is happening. This is the first time I am using exec() function, so I am not familiar with its details. What is wrong?
I tried using:
\\
instead of\
escapeshellarg()
on the directory- added
""
around directory folder names
No luck
Addendum:
echo exec($command) // echos < .... why?
or
exec($command, $output);
print_r($output); // Array()
I even changed the permission on the file to full control to all users.
If I call the program from command prompt
, I can see the icon appearing next to clock for a second.
But the same call from php
will not even call the program.
Edit
Even exec('notepad.exe');
is not working. Something has to be done with php
configurations maybe?