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how to run .exe file in php?

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  2 years ago

  by jayanagi

  jayanagi

  , India

  Joined 2 years ago

  hai all, I need to run the exe file which is stored in client machine, how can i execute it from our php code? I have used exec(), system(), passthru() and many of things which in program execution part in php manual, But i cant run this exe... Can any of you give me a solution for this?..... thanks if any advice...

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  2 years ago

  by paulfp

  Paul Freeman-Powell

  Liverpool, United Kingdom

  Joined 7 years ago

  You don't seriously think that'd be possible do you?

  If it were, it would be a security loophole of monumental proportions. Letting any old web site execute whatever code it likes on a client machine? I don't think so...

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  2 years ago

  by aforencich

  Alex Forencich

  Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA, United States

  Joined 5 years ago
  Those functions run executeables on the server side only.  It's not possible to start an arbitrary executeable on the client side. 
  
  
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