# Process listing
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/process-listing/65548
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/process-listing/65548 "2004-09-27T17:06:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@icio](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/icio)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/process-listing/65548/1 "2004-09-27T17:06:02Z")
hey guys. i’m needing a php script that will get me a list of the user’s processes. this isn’t for anything naughty - i’m helping a friend.
if anyone could help me out that would be great - or if you could tell me if it’s possible - that’s be great too.
thanks in adv. 😃
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 6:00pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/process-listing/65548/2 "2004-09-27T18:00:26Z")
errr I’ve never heard of doing such a thing with any programming language but I believe I can say that this is **Definitely NOT possible!** :to:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/process-listing/65548/3 "2004-09-27T20:17:13Z")
Are you talking about seeing what processes are running on the server? What OS? $top will list those (linux/Unix). It depends on what privelges are given to the web server user (and what OS) If it’s on linux/unix I doubt that the apache user has those privelges, at leats they shouldn’t. You can run commands using backticks (Linux/Unix). Like:
```php
echo `top | grep "httpd"`;
```
I don’t use windows for servers so I don’t know if there is a difference (php syntax) from running dos commands via php.
- also using exec(); does the same thing as backticks.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/process-listing/65548/4 "2004-09-27T21:43:13Z")
no,the processes running client-side. is this possible? could i use js or vbs?