On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Raymond Lilleodegard wrote:
> I am trying to interact with a simple exe program. I manage to get the
> program started, but I need to send some commands to it as well. My script
> looks like this:
>
> <?php
>
> $var = exec('fax.exe');
>
> $var = shell_exec('cmd S');
>
> $var = shell_exec('cmd fax_test.txt');
>
> $var = shell_exec('cmd 67590000');
>
> ?>
>
> And do I need to run the exec() function everytime I would like the program
> to do some work for me? Is there a way to access the program later somehow,
> without opening a "new" program?
Look into popen().
miguel
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