Thanks. Tried that, but it still outputs the error. I tried shell_exec and system. Same result :( -----Original Message----- From: Jeroen Serpieters [mailto:jeroen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 22 May 2004 19:13 To: Paul J. Smith Cc: php-windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Prevent error output from shell_exec On Sat, 22 May 2004, Paul J. Smith wrote: > > Any other ideas? > If you just want to prevent the error showing up in the output of yout php script you could use output buffering. e.g.: ob_start(); // start buffering system(....); // execute your stuff ob_end_clean(); // silently discard the output -- Jeroen Mostly, when you see programmers, they aren't doing anything. One of the attractive things about programmers is that you cannot tell whether or not they are working simply by looking at them. Very often they're sitting there seemingly drinking coffee and gossiping, or just staring into space. What the programmer is trying to do is get a handle on all the individual and unrelated ideas that are scampering around in his head. -- Charles M Strauss -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php