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I have an executable file (executor.exe) that works with windows.

It takes input and provides output. It takes as input a text file, then it connects to some websites, and finally it exports a file that depends on the command line parameters (usually txt or xml).

For example, if I run the following command in windows command line:

X:\path\to\executor.exe input.wpf -format xml -out output.xml

  • the executor will read the input.wpf (a simple txt file)
  • it will connect to some websites included in the wpf file
  • it will output an xml file with the filename "output.xml"

I have already set up the plugin main code, and have set up a scheduler, too. Now, I'm looking for a way to run this exe file from inside a wordpress plugin.

So I have 2 questions:

  1. How can I run the executor at the backend of Wordpress? Will it output the xml file?

  2. My webhost is a shared one and it's based on linux. Would this be a problem if someone has some other configuration/setup in his webhost?

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While you can execute things from PHP (which is better asked about at Stack Overflow), Windows executable simply won't work on Linux. – Rarst♦ Jan 6 at 11:00

closed as not constructive by Bainternet♦ Jan 6 at 12:05

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