Shell_exec() is not working

[helpwanted]

Hi All,

          I have tried with shell_exec() in PHP for listing a list of directories in side a main dir

$ouput = shell_exec("dir C:\\php /s /b /a:d");

This is not working fine.Is shell_exec will not work for windows commands?

$ouput = shell_exec("dir C:\\php /s /b ");

This is not working for listing of filenames with full path

Please help

[trq]

The question is why would you be trying to do it through a windows command? PHP has many file and directory functions, use them.