To execute a shell statement on the server side use http://ca3.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php. That way you keep Web things in PHP and Shell Script things in a more appriate language like cscript (vbs) or batch files. Even though PHP *can do it*, it doesn't mean it's the best language for doing it. My 2 cents, Allain Lalonde 2008/5/22 John Arends <jarends@xxxxxxxx>: > I'd like to have a PHP script running on my web server (running IIS 6) that > can make a WMI call and start a specific remote process on a remote > computer. > > For what its worth, the remote process I'd like to trigger is a batch file. > > I've googled this extensively and can't find anything that points me in the > right direction. All the sample scripts are in vbscript, but I assume I can > probably do something like this with PHP as well since it has COM libraries. > > Any suggestions? > > -John > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >