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I have external program.exe inside my website that gets data from text file, process it and then output to another textfile.

Since apache uses www-data as user account, i manage to log in to terminal using www-data, configure it to execute program.exe and it worked. But when i run program.exe using php exec, it does not work.

I use 'whoami' to determine the user account on the job, it outputted www-data.

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  • When you say "it doesn't work" what do you mean. More information please. Aug 28, 2013 at 2:31
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    Wait, you're running debian, and trying to run a windows-style .exe binary? That's not going to work.
    – EEAA
    Aug 28, 2013 at 2:32
  • I created shellscript.sh and place the path of program.exe in it. When i execute the shellscript.sh in root terminal it worked. But when i place shellscript.sh in php using shell_exec, only the echo part worked but not program.exe. Thanks for posting your comment.
    – Nehemiah
    Aug 28, 2013 at 2:58
  • What is program.exe? Is it a proper linux binary? If so, you're going to want to remove the .exe extension, as it'll only serve to confuse things. Typically only windows binaries have that extension. Linux binaries don't need an extension at all, but if it makes you feel better, use something like .bin, or .run.
    – EEAA
    Aug 28, 2013 at 3:07
  • I tried removing .exe but it won't simulate even in root terminal.
    – Nehemiah
    Aug 28, 2013 at 3:16

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To execute scripts/executeables within php you have to use shell_exec the right way (use single quotes)

shell_exec('/var/www/engine/program.exe')

(see http://php.net/manual/en/function.shell-exec.php)

Apart from that the extension .exe on linux is creepy ;)

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