>>dpgirago@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>> I have a WAMP server set up and I am trying to use PHP to open an >>>> application on my server. >>>> >>>> I am using a simple system call: >>>> system("notepad.exe"); >>>> >>>> I checked on the PHP mailing list and was unable to come up with a >>> solution. >>>> I am running XP Pro. And Apache is able to interact with the desktop as >>>> determined by services.msc. >>>> >>>> I am able to run the script and open the application from the command >>>> line. However, when I try to run it through apache, whether it be a SOAP >>>> call, or a web browser, the application will not load. >>>> >>>> How would I be able to achieve this result >>> Is << extension=php_w32api.dll >> uncommented in php.ini? >>> >>> David >> >> I'm running PHP 5.1.4. Isn't php_w32api.dll a PHP 4 extension? If so, is >> there a comparable extension for PHP 5? > > Yup. It's for PHP 4. Don't know about PHP 5, but on 4, I couldn't get a C > app launched from within the web browser until I had this extension > uncommented, hence my suggestion. Can anyone else weigh in on this > question? see - > http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.w32api.php Is there << extension=php_ffi.dll >> in your PHP5 distro? David --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx