RE: [PHP] Migrating from SSI and Perl

Hi Radek, I tried to do something with this and failed dismally. Is it possible for you to give me a really basic working example of what you suggest? Thanks, Philip Pawley At 26/12/03 12:29 -0500, you wrote: >Check out shell_exec() and its siblings. I'd likely use it like so $output = >shell_exec("perl myscript.pl"); and then do something with the $output >variable > >R> > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Philip Pawley [mailto:philip@alexanderworks.org.uk] >> Sent: December 26, 2003 12:07 PM >> To: php-general >> Subject: [PHP] Migrating from SSI and Perl >> >> >> I am new to php. >> >> My site, at the moment, uses SSI to call a Perl browser-sniffing script. >> >> I would like to: >> 1. use php to call the Perl script. >> 2. then save the values the Perl script outputs as php variables. >> >> Can this be done? If so, how? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Philip Pawley