Re: Embedding Perl

You have to put the actual command in the exec or backticks as you would type it in your shell, not just the filename. So instead of $out = convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif; Try $out = perl convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif; Sheridan Saint-Michel Website Administrator FoxJet, an ITW Company www.foxjet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Romine" <eatrom@blazing-trails.com> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Embedding Perl > Ok, I found snippets that talk about using either exec() or backticks. > The problem is that it still doesn't call the perl script. Or at least > doesn't seem to. > > exec("convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif",$out); > echo(implode("\n",$out)); > $out = convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif; > echo($out); > > If I run > perl convert-pdf.pl Blank.gif > from the shell, it responds with 135x105 and creates a secondary file. > This is what the script is meant to do. Calling it in either of the > example above, results in either an Array or nothing being displayed. No > secondary file gets created. > > > On Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at 11:05 AM, Terry Romine wrote: > > > I have a small situation where it would be good to be able to embed a > > perl routing in a php script. Is this possible? Or do I need to pass > > control from php to a perl script and return? > > > > A quick synopsis would be (in pseudo code) > > > > <?php > > if($theFileType == "pdf" { > > // call convert.pl to get a thumbnail > > } > > else { > > // other file type processing > > } > > ?> > > > > > > Alternatively, is there a module that can take a pdf file and make a > > thumbnail of the first page? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Terry > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net