For those of you in the WAMP environment, here is a little function that you may find handy:
<?
function kill_proc($processName)
{
    @$processList = win32_ps_list_procs();
    foreach ($processList as $processArray)
    {
        $pid = $processArray['pid'];
        if (basename($processArray['exe']) == $processName)
        {            
            `taskkill /f /PID $pid 2>&1`;                    
        }
    }
}
?>
-CF
