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C16
Hi All

Very new to the world of php and still slightly struggling with concept that
its running on the server side (slow learner :O) ). My question is this, is
it possible to run an exe on the clients machine from a php script that is
on a web site, say if I wanted to automatically start say a game exe that
the visitor to my site had downloaded and installed previously. Can that be
done?

Many thanks

Chris
Sep 21 '05 #1
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no***@nowhere.c om says...
Very new to the world of php and still slightly struggling with concept that
its running on the server side (slow learner :O) ). My question is this, is
it possible to run an exe on the clients machine from a php script that is
on a web site, say if I wanted to automatically start say a game exe that
the visitor to my site had downloaded and installed previously. Can that be
done?


Run a .exe file on *my* machine when I visit a web site? HAHAHAHAHA!

If that could happen what would there be to stop you from, say,
reformatting my hard drive.

A java applet, weeeell just maybe in highly controlled circumstances.

Geoff M
Sep 21 '05 #2
you could look at ActiveX also... this can do some things but you must
look at the security issues this would cause for your visitors. If i
got a notice saying this page is trying to run an exe I would close you
immediately.

If you want you COULD link to the exe so long as you knew where it was
stored but this would give your users the option to Open or Save the
file.

try <a href="file:///C:\blah.exe">cl ick here to open your game</a>

Im not sure if browsers these days will block such behaviours (i would
think so)

Sep 21 '05 #3
C16 wrote:
Hi All

Very new to the world of php and still slightly struggling with
concept that its running on the server side (slow learner :O) ). My
question is this, is it possible to run an exe on the clients machine
from a php script that is on a web site, say if I wanted to
automatically start say a game exe that the visitor to my site had
downloaded and installed previously. Can that be done?

Why would you want to? More importantly, why on EARTH would they want
you to? Are they too dumb to start an executable on their own machine?


Brian
Sep 21 '05 #4

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