Thread: Shell execute... but piping

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    Shell execute... but piping

    Howdy everyone,
    I am currently writing my own web server in C++, and it's all been going swimmingly so far. It can take requests and send out files based on the MIME types (I think).

    The next thing I want to do is get it to be able to run scripts in langauges like PHP, Perl and python etc. What I need to be able to do is call an executable, with the filename it needs to run.

    I figure I can just do this with a function like shellexecute, but I dont want it to show on up on my screen. I need a function like shell execute but that will start whatever program i call and NOT show its output, but will store it in a string or pipe it directly to my program....

    Any ideas would be most helpful Thanks!

    ~ Paul

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    Thanks very much! That worked perfectly!

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    Actually, I'm having a slight problem. This is what I have:
    PHP Code:
    FILE handle _popen("D:\\Program Files\\PHP\\php-4.3.1-Win32\\PHP.EXE H:\\paul.php""rt"); 
    The only problem with it is that Program Files is two words and so obviousley its trying to run D:\Program with the rest as arguments.

    I know I could go through and chop it up heaps and replace it with ~1's, but is there an easier way? For example, could I replace the spaces with a character or something (I don't do a lot of console stuff), or, is there another function similar that will work in the same way bit with long filenames?

    Any help is once again appreciated

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