Not able to launch putty with telnet session using php

Question

I have putty.exe on my desktop so if I will go to command prompt and then to C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop location and execute following command it will launch the Putty window of telnet connection to server specified:

putty.exe telnet://a.b.c.d/

I am trying to launch the putty to telnet to specific server using following but its not working for me:

<?php
$securecrt = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\Desktop\\putty.exe telnet://a.b.c.d/ ";


exec($securecrt);
?>

If I try following then it launches the putty application but will have to provide the host name or IP to login:

<?php
$securecrt = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\Desktop\\putty.exe ";


exec($securecrt);
?>

Not sure if I am missing something very basic, It will be great if someone can help with this.

The question seems to miss how you're trying it. But a wild guess: You're running PHP in a Web server as service. There's no desktop then. — johannes, Jul 05 '12 at 16:35
I am using wampserver on my xp desktop. I am trying to trigger something or launch something using PHP program and its not working. — devnp, Jul 05 '12 at 16:40
Does it have to be with putty? http://stackoverflow.com/q/905348/664479 has a solution... — Stuart Siegler, Jul 05 '12 at 16:41
with putty I will be able to give user option to interact and execute other commands if they require, with fsock not sure if I will be able to. — devnp, Jul 05 '12 at 16:48

johnmadrak · Answer 1 · 2012-07-09T21:23:11.383

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Instead of using Putty, you could try to use PHP with fsock or use a class like http://www.geckotribe.com/php-telnet/

However, you can try the following using your current setup:

$securecrt = '"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\putty.exe" telnet://a.b.c.d/';

edited Jul 09 '12 at 21:23

answered Jul 05 '12 at 18:31

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nope it didnt help! it doesnt even launch the putty.exe application. – devnp Jul 09 '12 at 19:58

Not able to launch putty with telnet session using php

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