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Michael Rottmeier <Michael-Rottmeier@t-online.de> schrieb am 15.08.2004,
17:48:38:
> Hi there,
> I'm writing the 2nd version of a larger project in PHP and want to use a
> php command which launches (if the server is a Windows machine) a simple
> text editor; here's what I do if the php script is run on a Windows 
> Server:
( truncated )
Look at: http://de2.php.net/manual/en/function.exec.php
There is exactly asked and answered your problem by s/o else...

In fact its a simple exec() -- make sure you set the DISPLAY env in case
the editor must have a gui