php exec: does not return output

Question

I have this problem: On a ISS web server, windows 7 x64 professional, zend server installed. Running this command under php:

exec(\'dir\',$output, $err);
         


        

Answer 1

For security purposes, your server may have restricted access to "exec" command. In this case, maybe you should contact the hosting company to remove this restriction (if there is one).