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

Thanks very much! That worked perfectly! :D

Actually, I'm having a slight problem. This is what I have:

PHP Code:

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FILE * handle = _popen("D:\\Program Files\\PHP\\php-4.3.1-Win32\\PHP.EXE H:\\paul.php", "rt"); 


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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 :)