restarting apache via php

[tomfmason]

I am wondering what is the best way to restart or stop and start Apache via php. Would exec() be the best way to achieve this? Any suggestions would be great.

[Daniel0]

exec and the other functions that allows you to send commands to the server would be just fine.

[ShogunWarrior]

Although maybe they are mutually exclusive since the PHP script is running under Apache, hmm..

Anyway, you could do this:
[code]$result = shell_exec('C:\path\to\apache.exe -k restart');[/code]

May do the trick.

[tomfmason]

I have tried what you suggested and nothing happened.

I also tried this
[code=php:0]<?php
$result = popen( 'C:\Program Files\apache\bin\apache.exe -k restart', 'r');
echo fread( $result, 4096 );
pclose($result);
?>[/code]

This works fine for reloading Bind but not for Apache. Any suggestions?

[tomfmason]

[code][code]When I try it this way

[code=php:0]<?php
$result = popen( 'C:\Program Files\apache\bin\apache.exe restart', '-k');
echo fread( $result, 4096 );
pclose($result);
?>[/code]

I get the following error
[/code]
Faulting application Apache.exe, version 2.0.55.0, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x000010f3.[/code]

This is in the windows event viewer.

Any suggestions on a better way to do this

[Daniel0]

When I used Windows I once had something called [url=http://apache2triad.net]Apache2Triad[/url] installed. From it's control center I could restart Apache. You might wan't to check the source of that out.

[tomfmason]

I think that I am going to try writing a batch file. Thanks for the suggestions