how to invoke a bat file from php by passing parameters on windows

[ajaymohank]

hello everyone..... i am ajay and i am new to php. in my project i have an option to invoke a bat file by passing parrameters and to diplay the result.

i tried this code but my page got hung or display nothing...

exec("c:\collabland\collabland.bat $distcode $tlkcode $villacod $block $svno");

here by passing this parameters to collabland.bat, a sketch will be generated based on the parameters and it should be displayed. when i type in command promt it is working. but not in php. i want to pass the parameters to bat file and based on the values generate the sketch and display it in my php project. i am using windows xp. i am passing the values in button click.

please suggest a solution .

thanks for spending your valuable time.

[harshmaul]

Hi Ajay,
Quick question to help me diagnose better,
Is the bat file on the client machine or the server?

I'm only asking to make sure your not tring to run a bat file thats on the client from the server, as that isn't possible.

[ajaymohank]

Hi Ajay,
Quick question to help me diagnose better,
Is the bat file on the client machine or the server?

I'm only asking to make sure your not tring to run a bat file thats on the client from the server, as that isn't possible.

hi harsh....

my bat file is on the client side.....ie my bat file is on the c: folder and i am using dreamweaver for my php coding and my php is also saved in c: folder.

[harshmaul]

Hi,
This is one way to do it....

<?php
header("Content-type: application/bat ");
header("Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=mybat.bat");
?> 
dir/s

and obviously change the dir/s to the batch commands.

You can't directly open files on a client from a server.