Killing a process in windows with a php call

Asked Jan 17 '14 at 09:15

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I want to kill a process using php with exec function in windows. Usually what I do is TASKKILL /S system /F /IM program.exe

But when I execute this thorough php, it always shows access denied. But I can execute the same with cmd (run as admin). Is there any way to kill the process. I don't mind security issues. Just want a solution.

edited Jan 17 '14 at 09:20

Sina R.

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asked Jan 17 '14 at 09:15

Jeff

I think you should run apache with admin rights. – Sina R. Jan 17 '14 at 09:18
did php / apache run under user Admin? – donald123 Jan 17 '14 at 09:18
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Indeed, in order this to work you would need to run Apache with administration privileges, but this is `A Very Bad Thing ™` – s3v3n Jan 17 '14 at 09:19
Do you run Apache as service? Are you asking how to change the user a Windows service uses? – Álvaro González Jan 17 '14 at 09:19
+1 to - s3v3n - @mailer what are you trying to do? – Sina R. Jan 17 '14 at 09:21
You could do it quite safely if apache started the task, you would need a means to start services from apache. – Flosculus Jan 17 '14 at 09:23
I had the same issue, I tried to run wamp as administrator, but when i take task manager it seems like the user is not administrator. Moreover is there any way by which we could set the user of apache as admin in httpd.conf? – harikrish Jan 17 '14 at 09:27

Killing a process in windows with a php call

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