Posted by theCancerus on 12/11/06 06:46

hi SAM,

i think you should use shell_exec function.
it Execute command via shell and return complete output as string

or you can also try proc_open -- Execute a command and open file
pointers for input/output

regards
Amit


On Dec 11, 5:38 am, "Sam" <samkl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> hi,
>
> i've been trying to create a php script that writes some text to a
> file, then runs the perl interpreter on the file and shows the output.
> it works ok when valid perl is written to the file, so if i use 'print
> "hello world";' then it outputs 'hello world'. the problem is, if i
> enter invalid perl code, such as 'blahblahblah;', it outputs nothing.
> i'd like the php script to be able to get the error/output. does anyone
> know of a way to do this?
>
> thanks in advance.

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