Perl / PHP in harmony & synergy?

Hello all: I have appreciated the ideal for standards associated with creating the PHP group. I am a PHP developer who gets tired of reworking code, and figuring out unstructure logic. I have my own servers, and can configure them to do what I want. I do have some questions regarding PHP in general and its relation to PERL. A solution to this problem, I foresee would be very helpful. I know I may be walking on sensitive ground because everyone claims their solution is best. I don't want to have that discussion, my focus is on using quality/documented code from wherever I can. Right now, as far as I know, I can access PERL code within PHP by assuring I have a CLI in PERL (.pl / .cgi) and use an exec() option in PHP. Just imagine if a wrapper where created to access the PERL class::function parameters from within PHP. CONCEPT ini.set perl_dir /usr/bin/perl ------------------------------ perl_include("Net::DNS"); $resolver = Net::DNS::Resolver->new; $query = $res->search("host.example.com"); If this were possible, a lot of the PHP group goals what be about collaborating with PERL interfacing, not just porting code. If someone has spent 6 years developing/refining/debugging this code, why can't I just grab the results a function would return within PHP. PHP/PERL together is stronger than they are separately. Harmony & Synergy. Is this taboo to consider? PHP has developed wrappers for ecommerce gateways, cURL interface, etc. Isn't the ultimate gateway in the open source community a true "PERL" gateway? Regards, monte {x: Monte Shaffer mshaffer@mshaffer.com