Process Management in windows

[Rick Westmacott]

All I need to do is run a windows batch file from a small php program, and
return the windows process id of the batch file. I have played around with
proc_open() but that returns a resource id. Does anyone have a suggestion
on what call I could use to get the windows process id returned within my
program. I am using windows xp pro, and php 5/apache

Thanks

Rick

[Simon Stienen]

Re: Process Management in windows

Rick Westmacott <r_westmacott@h otmail.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> All I need to do is run a windows batch file from a small php program, and
> return the windows process id of the batch file. I have played around with
> proc_open() but that returns a resource id. Does anyone have a suggestion
> on what call I could use to get the windows process id returned within my
> program. I am using windows xp pro, and php 5/apache
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick[/color]

At least in PHP4 there was a php_w32api (or similar), which allows you to
access winapi functions directly. Then look for a suitable function in the
MSDN/any tutorial/elsewhere which you can call through the winapi.

Anyway, php_w32api nearly completely sucked on my system (~1 year ago)...
For some strange reason, the maximum of possible calls to the winapi was
TWO! (Either two functions or one function twice.)
Further at that time the official manual on php_w32api was unusable, too,
but Google found a nice function description list.

You could give it a try, but if didn't improved a lot since then, you
shouldn't expect too much.
--
Simon Stienen <http://dangerouscat.ne t> <http://slashlife.de>
»What you do in this world is a matter of no consequence,
The question is, what can you make people believe that you have done.«
-- Sherlock Holmes in "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

[Chung Leong]

Re: Process Management in windows


"Rick Westmacott" <r_westmacott@h otmail.com> wrote in message
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> All I need to do is run a windows batch file from a small php program, and
> return the windows process id of the batch file. I have played around[/color]
with[color=blue]
> proc_open() but that returns a resource id. Does anyone have a suggestion
> on what call I could use to get the windows process id returned within my
> program. I am using windows xp pro, and php 5/apache
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
>[/color]

Try using tasklist.exe.

[Rick Westmacott]

Re: Process Management in windows

Thanks,

I knew of tasklist, but I need to trap the process id when each batch file
starts. I will have many process of the same name running, and wouldn't
know which one to kill. Im thinking of trying out winbatch which can
apparently do anything. We'll see...

Rick

"Chung Leong" <chernyshevsky@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Rick Westmacott" <r_westmacott@h otmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uxH6d.2340 $Yr.462@newsrea d3.news.pas.ear thlink.net...[color=green]
>> All I need to do is run a windows batch file from a small php program,
>> and
>> return the windows process id of the batch file. I have played around[/color]
> with[color=green]
>> proc_open() but that returns a resource id. Does anyone have a
>> suggestion
>> on what call I could use to get the windows process id returned within my
>> program. I am using windows xp pro, and php 5/apache
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rick
>>[/color]
>
> Try using tasklist.exe.
>
>[/color]