How do i excute EXE files

[th3 pla6u3]

Ok how can i do this. this is not for hacking oranything. I just want to make a web app to do this. for other personal reasons. Can some one tell me some ways of how to do this. It dont have to be PHP it can be HTML ASP so on

[mjc]

a quick search for 'exec' on php.net returns this: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.exec.php

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did you even think to try searching? =/

[th3 pla6u3]

ok. is this like when they go to the site, they click ok w/e and a program with excute on THERE mechine.?

Edited July 19, 2005 by th3 pla6u3

[mjc]

no, that's server side execution. you can't easily autorun a program but you can provide a link (<a href="file.exe">file</a>) they can run..