bell is his C program... :) Outputs an ascii 7 (bell) at the machine where it runs. It basically outputs a character to stdout or stderr. He probably has that machine next to his cash drawer... Gerry On 2/4/06, tedd <tedd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >I simple wrote a small C program that basically sent a bell, 0x07 > >and it opened my cash drawer. In php I just did system('bell'); and > >it worked fine. > > > >Kevin > > Hi: > > Interesting! The statement system('bell'); is new to me. > > If I'm writing code on a hosted domain, and using that statement, > who's bell am I ringing? > > tedd > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://sperling.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Gerry http://portal.danen.org/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php