Kyohere Luke wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to use exec to call gammu.exe and send sms on windows XP.
> 
> This works from commandline:
> 
> C:\path\to\gammu.exe 1 --sendsms EMS 200 -text "test1 test2"
> 
> But if I run it through php like this:
> 
> $command = "\"C:\path\to\gammu.exe\" --sendsms EMS 200 -text \"test1
> test2\"".;
> @exec($command, $response, $retval);
> 
> This always fails, returns 1 and the response is empty.
> 
> If the last argument is a string with no spaces, and the double quotes were
> omitted, it works perfectly.
> 
> If the double quotes are added around the string with no spaces, it fails
> again, which makes me believe that the problem is with the double quotes.
> 
> I've used procmon and it shows that when the double quotes are added around
> the last argument, gammu.exe is not even called at all.
> 
> Problem is that the double quotes are required by gammu to send an sms with
> spaces in it.
> 
> Any ideas? :-(
> 
> Luke
> 

Why not try:

$command = 'C:\path\to\gammu.exe --sendsms EMS 200 -text "test1 test2"';

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Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com

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