execute windows commands in command prompt using php

Question

Hello friends i am getting output of this command This code works perfectly

<?php
  echo exec('whoami');
?>

but problem in

<?php
  echo exec('C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\abc\\xpdfbin-win-3.04\\bin64>pdfinfo -f 1 test.pdf');
?>

can you please give me your expert advice?

For out put you need to echo exec('C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\abc\\xpdfbin-win-3.04\\bin64>pdfinfo -f 1 test.pdf 2>&1',$output); you get output in $output — Jasmin Mistry, Feb 18 '15 at 11:58

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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using ' for the string will disable escape sequences, so either use " or change each \\ to \

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Feb 18 '15 at 11:43

Mr.Manhattan

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