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

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