Re: Execute a cgi inside of php?
| From: | matty rozen | Date: | Thu, 12 Dec 2002 08:21:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Execute a cgi inside of php? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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you can use the curl library to execute the cgi.
"Richard Creech" <info@dreamriver.com> wrote in message
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> Hello List,
> Is there a way to execute a cgi inside of php? This is what a customer
wants to do:
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> include("<!--#exec cgi="../cgi-bin/include/horoscopes.cgi" -->");
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> but get an error message:
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> Parse error: parse error, unexpected '.' in
D:\Inetpub\townforum\wwwroot\orgs\header.php on line 3
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> The manual says it won't work:
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.include.php
> "Warning
> Windows versions of PHP prior to PHP 4.3 do not support accessing remote
files via this function, even if allow_url_fopen is enabled."
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> The mail archives didn't shed any light on this question.
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> What alternatives might work?
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> Regards,
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> Richard Creech
> support@dreamriver.com
> 250.744.3350 Pacific Time
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> http://www.dreamriver.com
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