EXTERNAL PROGRAM EXECUTION

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mario
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EXTERNAL PROGRAM EXECUTION

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the problem is pretty simple, I run my page on a browser. I need the page to execute an external program that is located in my local disk, how do I do it.
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Chris Corbyn
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Re: EXTERNAL PROGRAM EXECUTION

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mario wrote:the problem is pretty simple, I run my page on a browser. I need the page to execute an external program that is located in my local disk, how do I do it.
You can't. PHP cannot touch the remote computer like that. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news ;)
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By posting in a php forum we assume you wanted to do this via php.. are you open to other technologies?
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