Question

I have a (sample) php code as follows :

$name_Proc = "chrome.exe";
$wmi = new COM('winmgmts://'); 
$processes = $wmi->ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name ='".$name_Proc."'"); 

I used it to count the process with following code ,

 $array = array();
foreach($processes as $process){ 
         array_push($array,$process->ProcessId);
}
$count_Process = count($array);
return $count_Process;

Now, the real thing, i now need the process creation time, it is possible using VBScript with following code :

    strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'notepad.exe'")

For Each objProcess in colProcessList
    Wscript.Echo objProcess.CreationDate
Next

Now, if i was wondering how would i implement this in my PHP script!

Any clues?

Answer 1

Ok, sorry everyone, just looked it now got it! I figured it out. Here’s the code, hope it might help someone in future 🙂

foreach ($processes as $process) {
print $process->CreationDate;
}

This piece of code is used, the complete code is as below:

function processMade($pid) {
$name_Proc = "9052";
$wmi = new COM('winmgmts://'); 
$processes = $wmi->ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId ='".$name_Proc."'"); 
$array = array();
foreach ($processes as $process) {
array_push($array,print $process->CreationDate);
}
return $array;
}

Or simply use this :

 $name_Proc = "9052"; //this is the PID, if you want it by name than change the ProcessId = '".$name_Proc."'" in the 4th line.
    $wmi = new COM('winmgmts://'); 
    $processes = $wmi->ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE ProcessId ='".$name_Proc."'"); 
    $array = array();
    foreach ($processes as $process) {
    array_push($array,print $process->CreationDate);
    }

Best,

Ahsan