Is the external exe waiting for more input from you before it finishes? Also, is the call to system() or exec() whatever inside <HTML> or <BODY> tags as sometimes this makes a difference as to whether or not anything is displayed - some characters are ignored by HTML
LJ "Chris Randall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > i'm having a bit of a problem, i have in my php script a call to system(), it calls an external .exe, php hangs waiting for a return value from the .exe [i > believe], i've recompiled the program i'm calling with system() to return 0 and even 1, but it still does not work, would any body have any > suggestions perhaps? > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]