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
– Jasmin Mistry, Commented Feb 18, 2015 at 11:58

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:50:47Z

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

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answered Feb 18, 2015 at 11:43

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Stil no output my friend. :(