Get the registry key of installed programs php

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I want to get a list of my installed programs.

I know how it works with powershell : Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate | Format-Table –AutoSize .

But I want it with php. Now I have this:

<?php
$Wshshell= new COM('WScript.Shell');
$data = $Wshshell->regRead('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall');

?>

I get this error: Source: WshShell.RegRead
Description: Unable to open registry key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall" for reading

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phppowershellkeyregistrywsh
Probably not the problem based on the error, but try using double backslashes. For example "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\.... - pmahomme
I have now this: $Wshshell= new COM('WScript.Shell'); $data = $Wshshell->regRead('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\Software\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\'); echo ($data); it works, but it prints nothing - jurh
So the error is gone, but you don't see the values in Uninstall? How are you displaying them? I don't see anything that loops or echoes any data. - pmahomme
I use echo: echo $data);, - jurh
I doubt that will work, add this at the end - var_dump($data->value); - Do you see anything? You may need to loop over the results. - pmahomme

3 Answers

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Here is a project that allows PHP to obtain and interact dynamically with a real Powershell. Get it here: https://github.com/merlinthemagic/MTS

After downloading you would simply use the following code:

$shellObj    = \MTS\Factories::getDevices()->getLocalHost()->getShell('powershell');

$strCmd   = 'Get-ItemProperty HKLM:\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\* | Select-Object DisplayName, DisplayVersion, Publisher, InstallDate';

$return1  = $shellObj->exeCmd($strCmd);

echo $return1;// list of all programs

You can issue any command you like against the $shellObj, the environment is maintained throughout the life of the PHP script.

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in powershell you can read registry key like ths 

Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\windows media player"
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This can solve your problem:

$Wshshell = new COM('WScript.Shell');
$data = $Wshshell->regRead('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\');

echo "result: " . $data;

You are doing correct but you looking for keys/values in the current selected folder, just add a trailing slash to get subfolders.

If you check registry there is no keys under the "Uninstall" Folder, but there must be sub-folders.