The project I am apart of uses a Linux server to host our code. The API I was provided to use was only usable within C#, so currently I have a Windows executable that performs a small task. This executable is called to execute by a PHP file from a website.
Currently, I am attempting to run the file remotely from the Linux server by letting the Windows executable reside on a server running Windows and doing a remote execute call using http://php.net/manual/en/features.remote-files.php, but even if this works, it doesn't seem like a safe or correct way to do things.
A senior suggested I use an IIS server to call it securely, but I am not familiar with this. Before continuing, I thought it would be responsible to ask: is there is a way to have this PHP code residing on a Linux server to run a Windows executable without having to call a remote Windows server for it to run on.
