RE: [PHP] PHP and Perl

try use redirections. e.g, call your php script that redirects to your pl script with all required parameters that redirects for a resulting php script... arrrgghhhh but i think the better way is to convert everthing to PHP or Perl Cheers ............................................ Valter Santos WEB/WAP Consultant > -----Original Message----- > From: Jarosław Jankowski [mailto:jjankowski@intrum.pl] > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 8:35 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] PHP and Perl > > > Hi, > I have something like this in the script : > <? > header("Content-Type: application/force-download"); > header("Content-Disposition:filename=$clientname.xls"); > set_time_limit(180); > passthru("d:\\perl\\bin\\perl.exe test2.pl $var \"$query\" > \"$query1\""); > exit; > ?> > Perl script is generating Excel file. > My question is : > How to do it in PHP (maybe javascript) that after sending data to > this script first I will have window with something like " Wait, > generating file" > and when perl script is done another window with link to > generated file? > Any suggestions ? > Thx in advance. > jarek > > > > -- > 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 > >