Question

i’m running WAMP.

When I do:

1. run cmd
2. cd c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.3.5\
3. press enter
4. php c:\wamp\www\cmdtest\index.php
5. press enter

I got the expected output.

But when I do it in the browser, i accessed localhost/cmdtest/exec.php with code:

<?php
    exec('php c:\wamp\www\cmdtest\sample.php', $output);
    var_dump($output);
?>

The output is empty.

I already set the user of wampapache in services.msc and restart wamp, nothing was fixed…

Any idea why or anyone knows a fix? Thanks in advanced!

Answer 1

Have you tried escaping the backslashes?

<?php
    chdir('c:\\wamp\\bin\\php\\php5.3.5\\');
    exec('php c:\\wamp\\www\\cmdtest\\sample.php', $output);
    var_dump($output);
?>

See also: http://www.tuxradar.com/practicalphp/2/6/2