PHP and Windows Services

[zero_g666]

Any one know how to restart a windows service using PHP ?

This is what ive done so far ....


--
start.bat
--

@echo off
echo <<NAME OF SERVICE>> is starting ...
echo Starte <<NAME OF SERVICE>> ...
<<SERVICE EXE FILE>> /start

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--
stop.bat
--

@echo off
echo <<NAME OF SERVICE>> is stopping ...
echo Stoppe <<NAME OF SERVICE>> ...
<<SERVICE EXE FILE>> /stop

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My php file


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service_control.php
--

function start() {
exec("start.bat");
}

function stop() {
exec("stop.bat");
}

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Any idea why this dnt work ?

[kohlrak]

Are the service files defined? (i don't know any PHP so i can only suggest...) Second off, i don't think php supports running batch files on host or client computer. That way you can't just say "shutdown -f" and shut down the host or client.