Question

I want to launch a bat file or exe

I tried

system("C:\\PATH\\TO\\FOLDER\\script.bat")
system("CMD.EXE C:\\PATH\\TO\\FOLDER\\script.bat")
system("C:\\PATH\\TO\\FOLDER\\exefile.exe /S nameOfFileToCreate.txt")
system("CMD.EXE C:\\PATH\\TO\\FOLDER\\exefile.exe /S nameOfFileToCreate.txt")
system("START C:\\PATH\\TO\\FOLDER\\script.bat")
system("START C:\\PATH\\TO\\FOLDER\\exefile.exe /S nameOfFileToCreate.txt")

With START, I get this error message. The others attempts result in the page loading forever!

Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'com_exception' with message '<b>Source:</b> WshShell.Exec<br/><b>Description:</b> The system cannot find the file specified. ' in C:\xampp\htdocs\upload.php:95 Stack trace: #0 C:\xampp\htdocs\upload.php(95): com->Exec('START C:\PROGRA...') #1 {main} thrown in C:\xampp\htdocs\upload.php on line 95

Answer 1

Try the exec function:

https://www.php.net/function.exec