Hi, I think, Karl says that to how to shutdown the server. This is posible with rundll, or using Win32API functions. This is the detailed information about how to use Win32API functions in PHP: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.w32api.php So, also this is an information about ExitWindows() API function: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sysinfo/base/exitwindows.asp Best Regards. "Jay Blanchard" <jay.blanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > [snip] > Does anyone have any idea how to restart windows from a php script? > I tried the following: > exec('SHUTDOWN -r -t 01'); > or > exec('SHUTDOWN /r'); > > I received the following warning message: Warning: exec(): Unable to > fork [SHUTDOWN -r -t 01]. > > I never used this kind of functions before. What's wrong? In IIS for > "Execute Permissions" I have "Scripts and Executables". What > permissions should I set for the Internet Guest Account? Or something > else caused the problem, not the permissions? Please help me.:) > [/snip] > > Everyone, repeat after me...... > > PHP is server-side, there's no place like home, > PHP is server-side, there's no place like home, > PHP is server-side, there's no place like home...... > > If you are trying to restart Windows, locally, you have to use something > client-side to affect that. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- Cafer Şimşek http://cafer.org -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
