read registry

Is it possible to read from the registry with PHP?

Code:

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Set WshShell = Wscript.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
strIconSetting = WshShell.RegRead("HKCU\Control Panel\Desktop\IconSpacing")
WScript.Echo strIconSetting

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Reads the registry from a VB script

So...

PHP Code:

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$value = new COM("Wscript.Shell");
$value = $WshShell->RegRead("HKCU\key\value");
print $value; 


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Should work.

Remember that the above code will read the registry on the server and not the client. ;)

Is it possible to read the registry from the client?

The only way to read the registry from the client machine is to have a client install on the clients computer which communicates with the server. As far as i know there is a "hack" that can read the registry from an ActiveX control but they wont work with Fx or Opera.
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