VB ID3 How to run system command?

I'm looking for help of some mighty VBS guru.
I'd like to have my script run the following command:
php D:\Desktop\01.php
and return whatever it prints as a string.
I realise this may seem little off topic in this forum, so here's
the InDesign background:
In mac version of my script I'm executing a shell command from javascript by 'app.doScript'
this runs a line of AppleScript which executes the shell command. Then the outcome
of it travels the same way to javascript and lets InDesign to process it.
Something of this sort:
shScript = "./ ~/Desktop/01.php";
asScript = "do shell script \"" + shScript + "\"";
myResult = app.doScript (asScript, 1095978087);
It's probably not a clever way of running mySQL query and retrieving the results
but I couldnt think of anything better.
Now I need to do the same on Windows. This is rather difficult for me, because
I know very little about VBS. All google searches on the subject led to some
kind of Windows Scripting Host solution which doesn't seem to be supported by
InDesign VBS interpreter.
Can you help me please?
Thanks
Weller

The following snippet is from a larger script. I hope I got the quoting straight, no PC running here to verify.
app.doScript(
"CreateObject(\"WScript.Shell\").Run \"echo yo!\"",
ScriptLanguage.visualBasic);
Dirk

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