Re: calling php from perl

Have you tried putting "#!/usr/local/bin/php -q" at the top of your php script? Then just exec() your script: /home/httpd/cgi-bin/test.php I'm not too familiar with perl, but a different approach sometimes helps. Chris On Mon, 18 Dec 2000, peter beardsley wrote: > Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 16:14:26 +0000 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > From: peter beardsley <pbeardsley@appropriatesolutions.com> > Subject: [PHP] calling php from perl > > Hi, > What I'm trying to accomplish is including the output of a php script > in a > perl CGI. The output of a perl/mod_perl CGI is not parsed by php, so > I > tried calling the php executable and printing the output, ala: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > ## note: backticks in perl execute a command and returns stdout. > print /usr/local/bin/php -f /home/httpd/cgi-bin/test.php; > > The contents of the test.php file is a simple: > > <?php print "hello world.\n" ?> > > What happens is PHP is smart enough to know that it's being called in > a CGI > context, and I get the following output in a browser: > > X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.3pl1 Content-type: text/html No input file > specified. > > If I run the perl script from the command line, it works fine. It's > weird > because I'm definitely specifying an input file with the "-f". I've > tried > many variations on this in perl including system(), various pipe and > temp > file hacks to no avail. I've poked around in the sources a bit and I > think > what's happening is that php is looking for a CGI parameter to > specify an > input file, and it's not there. > > Does anyone know how to work around this or an entirely different > approach > altogether? > > Thanks, > > Peter Beardsley > Appropriate Solutions Inc. > pbeardsley@appropriatesolutions.com > (603)924-6079 > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >