Posted by Niels Ganser on 09/14/05 14:02

No way.

PHP is server based you can't trigger anything on the client side. Use
Javascript, ActiveX, XUL or the like.

> What's the best way to send an executable to a client desktop in PHP?
>
> I'm doing a project where we need to check and see which files need to
> be updated on a client-desktop. The idea is for a user to visit the
> website, an executable launches, checks the files on the drive, and
> then sends the data back to the website.
>
> It's all on the up and up - I'm not trying to do anything bad to the
> user. The site is designed to maintain a product that they're
> purchasing from us. Screens will explain what's going on. I also
> believe the browser will display something - not completely sure how
> to trigger this, but I think it's something to do with having
> executables "signed" - I'd appreciate if you have any advice on how to
> do this also.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed

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