Launching external Application help!

[sleepykangaroo]

Hello everyone.

I want to be able to launch utorrent while im not at home

and since running a web server I thought i'd use PHP.

 

I've tried using system and exec but every time I run it, they run in the background.

Now i know if I go into services.msc and allow the service to interface with the desktop it will display it.

But i wanted to know if there is away inside of PHP to launch the application and it will be visible.

 

TYIA

 

-James

[genericnumber1]

try shell_exec or the backtick operators.. I've never tried to do it, just giving you another method to try

 

edit: yeah, backtick operators worked fine for me, shell_exec should be the same.

[sleepykangaroo]

sorry im a bit of a idiot.

by backtick operator you mean <pre></pre>?

[trq]

There is no way to make the application visable via your web browser.

[genericnumber1]

Yes, if you want to execute an application and have it visible on the computer running php, you use the backtick operator

 

`myprogram.exe`

eg. in windows

`"C:\Program Files\Some Application\executable.exe"`

 

if you want to see it from your browser?... download a desktop viewing application like realvnc, ultravnc, etc.

 

edit: for clarity.

[sleepykangaroo]

I was looking into the runas command for example

 

$test = "runas /user:homepc/PCCPanel notepad.exe";

system($test);

but it asks for me to enter a password, is there away i can pass the password to command prompt

so basically running to command in the same "system"

 

 

using the backtick operator worked yes, but did not launch it to my desktop. was still being run as the user "SYSTEM"