If you are using php on a linux machine you can use the system function.

http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/function.system.php

Or if you are using Windows machines, you can use shell_exec function.

http://uk2.php.net/shell_exec

example:
[PHP]$Info = explode("\n", shell_exec(".\\progs\\program.exe"));
[/PHP]
Will dump the output of program.exe in folder /progs/ to $Info using next line carriage as the exploder/seperator.

Hope that helps

there is a techniq to do this using ext_skel
thank u.

is this like runing a c++ program from php...? is tht possible....???
can i a run a different program all together.... thru a php fuction.. run a c++ program?

kindly clarify this ext_skel method
thank u

wow, didn't about that, nice, thanks